1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanWhy were early strat pickups staggered and some newer models have flat poles? - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QP20qCxcLc"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/why-were-early-strat-pickups-staggered-and-some-newer-models-have-flat-poles">Why were early strat pickups staggered and some newer models have flat poles?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/why-were-early-strat-pickups-staggered-and-some-newer-models-have-flat-poles/embed#?secret=QP20qCxcLc" width="600" height="338" title="“Why were early strat pickups staggered and some newer models have flat poles?” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="QP20qCxcLc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The pole pieces were staggered to increase or decrease the magnetic field to each string to compensate for the amount of output each particular string would produce. In the earlier days you couldn’t find sets of strings that had a plain 3rd (G string). The 3rd string were wound over the inner core (made of...