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Title: Left hand stagger
Post by: TV Robot on September 30, 2012, 09:54:46 PM
Just a quick general inquiry, but I was wondering if left handed Strats have reverse staggered magnets.
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: PhilKing on September 30, 2012, 10:09:08 PM
Depends on your pint of view.  The pickups are put in facing the opposite way so they have a correct orientation for the strings.  The reverse stagger is only when you are playing a right handed guitar turned upside down and strung left handed.   Or a Voodoo Strat (or one of mine with reverse stagger Irish Tours, and a reversed angle bridge pickup and reverse headstock neck),
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: TV Robot on October 01, 2012, 01:02:05 AM
And so are the routes upside down (i.e., with the pointed part of the baseplate pointing towards the neck)?
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: PhilKing on October 01, 2012, 12:23:48 PM
No, the routes point the normal way (towards the bridge), but since the guitar is left handed, they are pointing the opposite way to if it was right handed.
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on October 01, 2012, 02:29:10 PM
 Phil i think i disagree with what you say - since on a standard right hand stagger put on a leftie guitar
High e becomes low e
B becomes a
G becomes d
D becomes g
A becomes b
Low e become high e

 So you would need a reverse stagger set to get the same as they would be on a right handed strat

However if you wanted to sound like Hendrix, then the right handed set may be more accurate as Jimi turned a riht handed axe upside down
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: Tim on October 01, 2012, 04:56:04 PM
A left handed Strat would be better with a left hand stagger and this is something we can do for you no problem.
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: shaman on October 02, 2012, 10:24:11 PM
I have a lefty set of MMilks... and they are devine :D well done, Tim and co.!
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: Elessar [Sly] on October 03, 2012, 02:31:44 PM
I have a lefty set of MMilks... and they are devine :D well done, Tim and co.!

This.
Title: Re: Left hand stagger
Post by: TV Robot on October 08, 2012, 02:36:26 AM
Alrighty. Thanks, I appreciate it.