STK-SI help, Staggered poles

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SwamiRabinowicz

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I have a few STK-S1 stacked Strat pickups in a couple guitars. The problem is that the staggered poles cause the B string to be weak. I love the pickups but the weak B string is a problem.

How can I remedy this?
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

use a bigger b string?

not sure you can move the pole piece or not without seeing the pup infront of me
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

I could push the polepiece up, but that would cause it to be pushed out of the bottom coil a ways. I'm not sure the gap would make a difference.

I e-mailed Seymour Duncan about this, but haven't got a response. FWIW, I am a guitar and amp tech with a few decades of experience.
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

I imagine creating a stagger by buying, cutting down, and gluing on a single polepiece would work.
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

After a little prodding by someone on another forum, I removed the pickguard and pushed the B pole up a bit, and leveled the others.

Previously, the G was too loud, B was way too weak, and the D was a little weak. Now all is perfect, or as perfect as I can expect.

That took care of two in my Strat, now for the middle pickup in my 68 Tele.
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

nice! it works fine as long as the magnet isnt in contact with the coil.
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

This is interesting to know. I never would have imagined that the pole pieces would move that easily.
 
Re: STK-SI help, Staggered poles

on many modern designs where the bobbins are plastic its fine, ive done it with fender single coils a bunch of times to get less stagger
 
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