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Re: Magnet Stagger

8/4/1999 4:16 PM
Doc	Re: Magnet Stagger For that high action, you'll probably get better output & string balance with pickups other than alnico pole single coils. The cheaper mexican strat steel pole ceramic magnet pickups might actually work better than vintage style in this application. They have a stronger but broader magnetic field. The alnico's have a narrowly focused field, and are extremely sensitive to string-to-pole distance. You should be able to find some ceramic pickups almost free. Then, there's always the humbucker route.

8/4/1999 4:16 PM

Doc

Re: Magnet Stagger

For that high action, you'll probably get better output & string balance with pickups other than alnico pole single coils. The cheaper mexican strat steel pole ceramic magnet pickups might actually work better than vintage style in this application. They have a stronger but broader magnetic field. The alnico's have a narrowly focused field, and are extremely sensitive to string-to-pole distance. You should be able to find some ceramic pickups almost free. Then, there's always the humbucker route.

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