I've got one of these Staggs, and I literally could not believe what I just came into.... the day I picked it up. Bought it form a little shop while traveling, and I still can't believe it - 6 months later. It's just a KILLER guitar. Heavy as a wet carpet - musically, and in actual weight. It's built like a Tank! But I dig heavy guitars. Neck is a chunk. Definitely chunkier than I typically like. But the guitar wales. Smokes. Action and intonation are amazing. Push/Pull on the bucker, and roasted maple neck. It's gorgeous, and I mean the thing just smokes. I dropped $140 bucks on it. I stole it. And the guy even gave me a gig bag that's more like a soft padded case. Maybe the best deal I have ever gotten..... on anything. Subbing you.
Sounds good with the Wilkinson PUs. I've been thinking of getting one of these guitars as a mod platform, I'm guessing the original PUs were cheap ceramic?
They are cheap ceramic but to be honest the middle pick up to me sounded amazing so I kept it. I wanted the contrast of the chrome/black/white pickup configuration because I’ve never seen it before. The Wilkinson bridge is fantastic. The original bridge pickup was very noisy not wax potted I assume, highly recommend the guitar.
Get one. Do yourself a favor, and pick one up. But you might be pleasantly surprised... and never bother to mod it. It's a killer guitar. A steal for the money they get for it. Mine is absolutely awesome, and I was going to mod it. But I just can't. It was killer the day I got it.
