Talk to me about the Stag Mag

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GoldenVulture said:
yes, I just checked mine out. The bobbin form encloses the magnet [ No contact with the windings ] They can easily be removed. I just removed one magnet [ G positioning on the inner coil ]. I extracted it with a pair of pliers. The inner part of the bobbin can be easily seen with the magnet removed. [ The B would probably have to be pushed out. ]:)
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That's definitely interesting. Now I'm thinking of replacing one coil with A5 and adding a Triple Shot mounting ring to let me choose which side I want to use when split. I wonder what the regular humbucker sound would be like with that combination...
 
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Kam said:
That's definitely interesting. Now I'm thinking of replacing one coil with A5 and adding a Triple Shot mounting ring to let me choose which side I want to use when split. I wonder what the regular humbucker sound would be like with that combination...
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Try it !.

It's got me pondering too.
The magnets in the stagmag replicate the magnetic field of a bar magnet by having one set [ coil ] of magnets reverse to the other set. This gives you North and South poles facing the strings like a bar magnet HB.

I've played around with other HB's , replacing the bar magnets with pole magnets. One combination I liked was having all the pole magnets in both coils orientated the same [ all facing north towards the strings ] and connected in parralell.

Now I know these magnets in the Stagmag can be removed easily, I may try doing the all North in parralell to it, and check out how it sounds.
 
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One other thing. I use my Stagmag with a tapped pot for a blend between single and double coil. From zero to the tap position it is single coil [strongest on the tap position ]. From that point to fully on, it blends from single to double coil .:14:

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That is great to hear that the magnets sit in the bobbin for their entire length! Of course, you don't get the old-school Strat tone down to the letter when you are running split, but it's not a traditional pickup anyhow. This allows you to do mag swaps on one coil, both coils, some strings and not other strings, etc. You can make it a Five-Two for wound or plain G...or a Five-Three or Four-Three, or whatever else for that matter. I'd probably try every combo under the sun. I am thinking UOA5 on one coil and A3 on the other. Or ceramic on one and A3 on the other.
 
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GoldenV. That's great info. You've given me some good ideas to try with my StagMag as soon as I can get around to it.
 
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Not too many of them around. They are really a cool pup and people that get them tend to keep them.
 
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Thanks for all your suggestions. I ordered a set of P-Rails. They're 3 pickups in one! Anyway, i was very skeptical of the Stag's humbucker mode. Hope the P-Rails do the trick.
 
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Prails lack tone in every respect. The p90 isnt nasty enough, the rail not quacky enough, the humbucker series too thick.

The stagmag is imho better.

Also, i get the feeling its 44 awg, not 43, cause its hard to put over 15k of 43 in a regular bobbin. Was a matter of fact, i think its a modified jb coil, cause i made a hybrid with the stagmag and a jb and replaced the magnet bars for slugs, and the difference was negligable. Could be attributed too other factors, but i think its a jb in its essence, like the distortion also shares some jb dna.
 
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joesatch said:
Thanks for all your suggestions. I ordered a set of P-Rails. They're 3 pickups in one! Anyway, i was very skeptical of the Stag's humbucker mode. Hope the P-Rails do the trick.
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I can't comment too much about the p-rails, but I thought the stag mag's humbucker sound was great. It wasn't the traditional PAF sound, but it still had a great humbucking sound.
 
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