Members Elessar [Sly] Posted April 15, 2012 Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 Staggered singles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted April 15, 2012 Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 Interesting.Do you use left handed picks as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 15, 2012 Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 Interesting.Do you use left handed picks as well?Left handed slides are a bitch to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fill Posted April 15, 2012 Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 I hate how when I go to the guitar store they never seem to have any lefty strings. And the guy at the counter never knows what I'm talking about. It's like everyone that works at guitar stores is retarded or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 All the notes would be backwards. Like if you played an E, it would come out an ?. Luckily, A would still be A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 All the notes would be backwards. Like if you played an E, it would come out an ?. Luckily, A would still be A. Sig'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Remember, pickups are magnets and wire. They transfer the vibration of the strings to your amp. It's the strings that make the higher or lower sounds, not your pickup. So, yes, they will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted April 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Got it only staggered singles need be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 It seems quite a few poster missed that single coils can be staggered.... This was standard on Strats until some time in, if memory serves, late 74 - September, I think. The staggering was by design to ensure that all strings of differing thicknesses were picked up equally. I've seen it claimed that the fact Jimi's Strats had the strings the other way up over the staggered polepieces contributed to his "unique tone" (in the same way that his strings were a different length between the nut and the post, the high E being the shortest, low E the longest, and his bridge pup was angled the other way). Personally I'm not convinced it makes any audible difference, but enough folks are for GFS to have produced a Hendrix-themed set of staggered Strat pups which, installed in a right handed Strat, give that upside-down staggering. I like staggered poles myself purely for the visual impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted April 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Well this is the thing... I have staggered pickups on a couple of my guitars that I have had changed, this is why I was initially unsure. But people seem to be too ready to get in a cheeky comment, which I don't mind it is a forum and people MUST have their opions heard whether helpful or otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 It was Sep 22, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Well this is the thing... I have staggered pickups on a couple of my guitars that I have had changed, this is why I was initially unsure. But people seem to be too ready to get in a cheeky comment, which I don't mind it is a forum and people MUST have their opions heard whether helpful or otherwise Interesting. Have you tried turning single coils around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 It seems quite a few poster missed that single coils can be staggered.... This was standard on Strats until some time in, if memory serves, late 74 - September, I think. The staggering was by design to ensure that all strings of differing thicknesses were picked up equally. I've seen it claimed that the fact Jimi's Strats had the strings the other way up over the staggered polepieces contributed to his "unique tone" (in the same way that his strings were a different length between the nut and the post, the high E being the shortest, low E the longest, and his bridge pup was angled the other way). Personally I'm not convinced it makes any audible difference, but enough folks are for GFS to have produced a Hendrix-themed set of staggered Strat pups which, installed in a right handed Strat, give that upside-down staggering. I like staggered poles myself purely for the visual impact. I was aware of this, but it wasn't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Interesting. Have you tried turning single coils around? Only works if you have an unflanged Strat pickup, like a Seymour Duncan single-sized humbucker or a Lace or an EMG... except Lace and EMGs are usually unstaggered and having an upside down Seymour Duncan logo is terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted April 16, 2012 Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 All the notes would be backwards. Like if you played an E, it would come out an ?. Luckily, A would still be A. Get the Russian version. Problem solved. To the OP: Using a right handed version of a staggered pickup will result in a little less out of the A string and a little more out of the B string. I'd recommend finding a lefty version or going with a non-staggered pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marcomarco Posted October 1, 2020 Members Share Posted October 1, 2020 the pickups need not be flush in the pickguard. I would install a staggered lefty set into my Strat just for a lark, and play around with the height adjustment if i felt it sounded crappy ( raise the pickup a bit at the skinny E, and lower it a bit at the thick E...). I got quite a few vintage Japanese Strats that each could use an electronics upgrade...Emerson kit and an Abby set..near perfection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 3, 2020 Members Share Posted October 3, 2020 You need the lefty tool set before you can work on 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted October 3, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 3, 2020 5 hours ago, 1001gear said: You need the lefty tool set before you can work on 'em. and a mirror... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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