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Originally Posted by Boris Bubbanov
Never bonded with that H-S-S model, I guess I just remember this guitar this one way.
A lil 59 Seymour is not too bad, and aesthetically is more acceptible.
However, I do admit I am annoyed that only Bill Lawrence (Keystones, for example) bother to address what I see as a crucial issue, and that is matching the pickup pole pieces to the string's location over them. Everyone knows the sound does fall off when there's a mismatch, especially if the strings fall far outside the pole piece locations.
Bubbanov
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Please forgive me if I've misread your post BB, but if I've got you right, you're saying that only Bill Lawrence pickups match humbucker polepieces to Fender spacing, and this has been untrue since the second half of the 80's. You can get Seymour Duncan Trembuckers, and most DiMarzios in "F" spacing upon request. (As well as other brands, but I'm most familiar with DiMarzios and Seymours) You can see what alternate spacings are available on their respective company websites.
stratojack,
I personally use an "F-Spaced" DiMarzio FRED in the bridge position of my main guitar with a Fender American Standard Bridge and the strings lay perfectly over the polepieces. This is a medium output humbucker that I have set up with a mini toggle so that I can play the coils either in series or parallel. I DO NOT split my coils. In series, the sound is very similar to the PAF Pro, but harmonics jump out
very easily, so you can pretend to be The Edge even if you're not particularly adept at popping harmonics out of your neck. In parallel the sound is more like a fatter version of the Strat; that is, fatter than stock, but retaining the "truer" fidelity associated with single coil pickups. (Did I just sound like an ad? I may have absorbed that somewhere in a magazine, so be warned.) This pickup comes standard with the Ibanez Joe Satriani model. Specs here:
Ibanez :: Electric Guitars :: JS1200 If your local music store has one on hand, you can hear for yourself. Hope this helps.
JAMES
