[Guitar74]

I am looking for something for the middle position of my RG that has a little less magnetic pull as it grabs the strings when I dive the trem. Even when I lower it, the pickup just grabs the strings and you get a nice "bam" as a result. Any ideas?

[buddroyce]

What middle pickup are you using?

I've always just lowered my middle pickup a whole lot but that's mostly because I rarely if ever use it and would have preferred a HH setup over a HSH setup on my RGs.

[Guitar74]

Right now, it's the oem. I will lower it a little more. That being said, I do use it quite a bit for clean passages, usually in one of the notch positions along with either 'bucker.

[mobys436]

Try a seymour duncan alnico 2 pro (the singlecoil, not the hb). Tried a true velvet, ssl-5, fs1, and sds1 before settling on the a2 pro to pair with breed set. It's low output and warm.

[RayBarbeeMusic]

All the Area line except the VSolo and the VV Blues use A2, so string pull is low.  Pick the one that gets you the heat you want.  I like the '61 in an HSH setup.

[Guitar74]

Thanks. I have a lot of options now. That's not a bad thing.

[darkbluemurder]

Just curious which one you ended up with.

Cheers Stephan

[greenlion]

Dimarzio Cruiser Bridge in the middle position. Great stratty tones with less string pull, and it keeps up with humbuckers better than most traditional singles.

[RayBarbeeMusic]

I am looking for something for the middle position of my RG that has a little less magnetic pull as it grabs the strings when I dive the trem. Even when I lower it, the pickup just grabs the strings and you get a nice "bam" as a result. Any ideas?

Anything without Alnico 5 rod magnets.   Alnico 5 rods have insane string pull, cause buzzy strings and intonation issues unless at least 1/4" from the string when held at the last fret.  I quit using them years ago because of that, and was reminded why again recently when doing a setup on a guitar that had Alnico 5 rod magnets..........yikes.  They do NOT play well with low action, and they MUST be far, far from the strings.  Alnico 2 or 3 is actually louder in practical usage because you can get it much closer to the string without issue.  Something like a Cruiser, which is a rail pickup designed to sound like a single, would also have low string pull.