Staggered or flat? - single coils
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Staggered or flat? - single coils
I think so...I find staggered single coils to be a bit more chimey that non staggered or flat...in most settings and with guitars with a flatter (9.5 or higher) radius the flats will have better string to string defination but I still prefer the tone of staggered pickups.
I think so...I find staggered single coils to be a bit more chimey that non staggered or flat...in most settings and with guitars with a flatter (9.5 or higher) radius the flats will have better string to string defination but I still prefer the tone of staggered pickups.
fretburner
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Re: Staggered or flat? - single coils
i think i read somewhere that the YJM pups are just the flat pole version of the HS2? so, yeah, i guess there's a significant difference in tone there.
i think i read somewhere that the YJM pups are just the flat pole version of the HS2? so, yeah, i guess there's a significant difference in tone there.
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
Re: Staggered or flat? - single coils
The stagger is for a wound G, so the B string is way quieter than the G on a vintage stagger. Some guys like it, but if pickups were to be staggered "correctly" for a plain G, the G pole would be lower than the B pole (in relation to the strings, radius notwithstanding)
I like a reverse "Hendrix" stagger, too. It's a little more balanced from strign to string. I don't like flat or "radiused" which is essentally flat from string to string. I like some stagger. I like it when pups have plastic bobbins around the magnets so I can do a custom stagger, too.
The stagger is for a wound G, so the B string is way quieter than the G on a vintage stagger. Some guys like it, but if pickups were to be staggered "correctly" for a plain G, the G pole would be lower than the B pole (in relation to the strings, radius notwithstanding)
I like a reverse "Hendrix" stagger, too. It's a little more balanced from strign to string. I don't like flat or "radiused" which is essentally flat from string to string. I like some stagger. I like it when pups have plastic bobbins around the magnets so I can do a custom stagger, too.
Kosh Naranek
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Re: Staggered or flat? - single coils
The SSL-1's and Alnico 2 Pro staggered singles on some of my guitars don't have the same output from one string to another. That's annoying and unmusical. How's a guy supposed to record with those things if the volume goes up and down depending on what string I'm playing on?
I don't know about tonal differences, but I'd expect flat pole piece pickups, or ones like Dimarzio singles that are staggered to follow the curve of a fretboard, to be much more useable in terms of giving you a consistent output level from all the strings.
The SSL-1's and Alnico 2 Pro staggered singles on some of my guitars don't have the same output from one string to another. That's annoying and unmusical. How's a guy supposed to record with those things if the volume goes up and down depending on what string I'm playing on?
I don't know about tonal differences, but I'd expect flat pole piece pickups, or ones like Dimarzio singles that are staggered to follow the curve of a fretboard, to be much more useable in terms of giving you a consistent output level from all the strings.
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