Staggered or Flat Single Coils

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• Roland Frets: 8701

  December 2019

  thegummy said:

  
  Don't know if anyone's ever done this but for soloing you could even learn to make conscious decisions about which strings you play notes on ...

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• Funkfingers Frets: 14422

  December 2019

  ICBM said:

  The vintage high G stagger is easily the worst, both for string balance and for catching and breaking your pick or fingernails - I have no idea why anyone would want it on any guitar now

  Users of big, ol' string sets with a wound G, maybe?
  
  Retentive collectors for whom even present day replicas must look exactly like the original design.

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• ICBM Frets: 72299

  December 2019 edited December 2019

  Funkfingers said:

  
  

  Users of big, ol' string sets with a wound G, maybe?

  I do actually use a wound G on many guitars - although not Strats - and I’ve never had a problem with a weak signal from it without needing such an extreme stagger. Halfway between the height of the B and D seems about right usually. (Bearing in mind that I set the D string physically higher than the G over the fingerboard too.)
  
  

  Funkfingers said:

  
  Retentive collectors for whom even present day replicas must look exactly like the original design.

  Bingo!

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