SH-3 Stag Mag Pickups

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Gtar

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Anyone have experience with the stag mag pickups? I think they could be really groovy in an HH strat. I don't know what pots would be a good choice for these? I already have 500k pots, but I think I might have to get 250k. Also I am planning to wire them with 2 triple shots so I can have series/parallel/split wiring. What pots?

Also how far should they be from the strings. I assume pretty far back, unlike other humbuckers.

Thanks!
 
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I have a stag mag its in the neck of a an old Jackson Fusion its a cool pickup. I set it pretty close to the same height as other humbuckers it might be a 1/8th inch lower but its not much, in this guitar it has a RioGrande muy grande for the bridge pickup and I run 500k pots and its not overly bright but it is plenty spanky when split.
 
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I like that pickup a lot. Think it would be a better pickup with 42 gauge wire, though. As a humbucker, it's too muddy/hot sometimes.
 
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I have one in the neck of a Tele. It's a great sounding pickup, but it's a bit dark in the neck with the 250k pots when using it in humbucker mode. It's also a bit hot and loud compared to the single coil bridge pickup. I'm actually planning to pull it out at some point and try it in the bridge of a HSS Strat.

I'd be tempted to go with 250k pots for the bridge and 500k for the neck. Alternatively, a spin-a-split could be really cool.
 
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What's the best place to buy the stag mags? I need a trembucker version for the bridge, and I have some guitar center coupons so i'm hoping I can buy from there
 
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I actually don't think the Stag Mag is available trem-spaced.
 
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Thats a shame, I need to find a good set of humbuckers for an HH jazzmaster. I was really hoping the stag mag would work. Oh well. I think i'll get a stag mag neck and 59/custom/hybrid for the bridge. I mainly play funk/ska.
 
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A pickup not being available trem spaced should never keep you from buying it. It really doesn't matter.
 
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The thing LIVES to be split. My opinion, on its own it's really chunky and thick sounding. But the sound split is bonafide single coil. Very cool pickups, I think they're stock in a Heritage or 2.
 
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I think i'll go for a stag mag neck and a trembucker JB bridge. Both with triple shot mounting rings so I can have parallel/series/split both coils.
 
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I've got one in the bridge of an Ibanez RG that I've made into a Super Strat . I also have a Triple Shot installed. As many above have said, it excels at being split, while the humbucker mode is a little too hot and mushy. However, its in-parallel w itself mode is superb IMO, so much so that is usually where I leave it set. I had tried this pup in the neck slot previously, and found for me that when in humbucker mode it was way too dark and too hot. However, I must admit that I find most humbuckers in the neck slot too dark.
 
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ItsaBass said:
A pickup not being available trem spaced should never keep you from buying it. It really doesn't matter.
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This. If you want to put it in the bridge, don't let a milimetre or two put you off. Unless it's way out there, it'll still sound like it should.
 
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Does anyone like the Stag Mag in the bridge position? I'm trying to get a strat tone, I'm thinking the JB might be better for the bridge.
 
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The stag mag is a bit weak in the bridge. The JB is great in the bridge but sure isnt a single coil even when split.

Why dont you look into the Rio Grande True split series. They are like the stags mags in that they are 2 single coils put together to make a humbucker. When split they sound just like their strat counter parts. The muy grande is thick and chunky when split it sounds more like a quarter pounder and is a bit dark for a single coil but has more muscle. The tall boy is twangy and bright like a classic single coil and the half breed is a split of the 2 sounds.

http://riograndepickups.com/scart/SubCategories.asp?ProductName=For+Humbuckings&SubCatName=HB+SINGLES
 
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I have a guitar with the SM in the bridge. I don't find it weak at all (it's 16.2k!!!) and in series bucker mode sounds very good. I definitely use 500k pots with it, 250k would undoubtedly sound muddy. In split mode it is a true Strat-like single coil with lots of spank. A Triple Shot works wonders with the SM.
 
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GuitarDoc said:
I have a guitar with the SM in the bridge. I don't find it weak at all (it's 16.2k!!!) and in series bucker mode sounds very good. I definitely use 500k pots with it, 250k would undoubtedly sound muddy. In split mode it is a true Strat-like single coil with lots of spank. A Triple Shot works wonders with the SM.
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Since when was 16.2k a measure of its actual output? It has as much resistance as a JB but sure doesnt have the same output. You should know this get real dude. Keep this in mind also whats weak to me might be high out put to you. To me a JB is a mid output pickup not high so a stag mag is low on my scale.
 
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Gtar said:
Does anyone like the Stag Mag in the bridge position? I'm trying to get a strat tone, I'm thinking the JB might be better for the bridge.
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Maybe you missed my post about four or five back, but I have the Stag Mag in the bridge slot w a Triple Shot, and its in-parallel-with itself tone is excellent and quite beefy for high gain use and yet very single coil like when used for clean tones.

And, I agree w GuitarDoc that the Stag Mag does not sound low in overall output. I will add to that, that it does not even sound low in output even when in parallel-with-itself mode. Yes, there is a drop in volume between this setting and in-series, but its not dramatic. And even less significant when you consider that you'll really be judging its volume against the other two pickups which are single coils which are lower in volume vs humbuckers. Since u said this guitar was a HSS pup configuration, yes?
 
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Edgecrusher said:
Since when was 16.2k a measure of its actual output? It has as much resistance as a JB but sure doesnt have the same output. You should know this get real dude.
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I knew as soon as I typed that, that I would get lots of flack, and I was immediately tempted to qualify my statement. But I also assumed that nearly everyone that understands about pup output would also understand what I was saying. I could be wrong about that.

Certainly I know that resistence alone is not an absolute measure of a pup's output. But it is a commonly used approximate scale that everyone understands to an extent.

And in all fairness, I didn't say the StagMag was high output...I just said I don't find it weak. I also don't find the Demon weak (only 10k) but I would say it acts like a PAF low output pup. That being said...the SM is definitely higher output than a typical PAF, and therefore, in my book, would not be considered "weak" by any stretch of the imagination.

Edgecrusher said:
Keep this in mind also whats weak to me might be high out put to you. To me a JB is a mid output pickup not high so a stag mag is low on my scale.
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I've always been an advocate of..."to each his own". I would hope that you understand the same principle. Keep in mind that someone could have called you on your factual statement... "The stag mag is a bit weak in the bridge" (this can be very misleading to someone not familiar with it) which by your own admission really means something different to you than it does to someone else.

I've always respected your opinions, but you are starting to lose some credibility.
 
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