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Re: Noiseless Pickups

7/30/1999 5:45 PM
Cono F.	Re: Noiseless Pickups >>>These pickups even have staggered pole pieces, but with ashort G and a tall D (like the DiMarzio blue velvets), the wayit should be for modern string sets. I could never figurewhy fender made higher output Texas Special pickups with the old magnet stagger (tall G). The loudness disparitybetween strings is even more pronounced with a hotter winding.<<< Doc, I guess lefthanded people (like myself) can be lucky too sometimes. I have a set of Texas Specials in one of my lefty strats, since the D and G strings are reversed, the tall magnet sits under the D while the shorter is under the G. Cool!

7/30/1999 5:45 PM

Cono F.

Re: Noiseless Pickups

>>>These pickups even have staggered pole pieces, but with ashort G and a tall D (like the DiMarzio blue velvets), the wayit should be for modern string sets. I could never figurewhy fender made higher output Texas Special pickups with

the old magnet stagger (tall G). The loudness disparitybetween strings is even more pronounced with a hotter

winding.<<<

Doc,

I guess lefthanded people (like myself) can be lucky too sometimes. I have a set of Texas Specials in one of my lefty strats, since the D and G strings are reversed, the tall magnet sits under the D while the shorter is under the G. Cool!

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Farrow Magnet Stagger -- 7/30/1999 6:10 PM