Mustang staggered or flat pole piece pickups?

TideBleach · Post by **TideBleach** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:46 pm

should i use staggered or flat pole piece pickups in my 1965 RI Mustang?

thanks

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:52 pm

I have a staggered pickup on the neck pos. on my 65 RI that I flattened just so the Robroe covers fit. Now its staggered at the bottom

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:19 pm

I think you should get flat poles, like the originals. With staggarded, you could just push em down, but you risk the chance of breaking the pickup. If you are going to buy one, then just right one from the begining.

Alnico Pro II's are my favorites. They sound amazing.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:03 pm

TideBleach wrote:should i use staggered or flat pole piece pickups in my 1965 RI Mustang?

thanks

What kind of covers are you planning on using? If you get regular covers you can go with staggered, if you keep the stock you should get a flat. Only reason I flattened mine was cuz I already had the PU and it's such a nice sounding one that I had to put it on the Mustang. So the option is always there tho'

TideBleach · Post by **TideBleach** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:04 pm

im going to use the stock pup cover, so sounds like flat will work for me. thanks

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:03 am

if you're VERY careful (like Aug apparently was with mine) you can tape the coil up (so no metal bits stick to it) and grind things down, cleaning off any excess flakes with an air compressor...

But yeah, why not just buy the right ones?

(lest you got a deal on staggerers as I did)

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:31 am

jagstang pickup is staggard. i just pushed the poles down flat and then put a solid cover on it. nothing bad happened. it sounds fine

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:40 am

My 68 has staggered... Makes no dif. imo, but I'll wait to be corrected.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:46 am

i did the same thing with my j.s. single coil, cept the cover part, im not cool enough for rob roes.....

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:20 pm

dodgedartdave wrote:I think you should get flat poles, like the originals. With staggarded, you could just push em down, but you risk the chance of breaking the pickup. If you are going to buy one, then just right one from the begining.

Alnico Pro II's are my favorites. They sound amazing.

aps2 , alinico pro 2 fo sure are amazing , they sound like 69Â´s woodstocks on fire ,

ElCapitan · Post by **ElCapitan** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:29 pm

how hard to you have to push them down? i'd be worried about breaking my pickup.

Mustang staggered or flat pole piece pickups?

Mustang staggered or flat pole piece pickups?

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