Magnetic recording head having longitudinally spaced offset arrays

An apparatus, comprising:

• a head having at least three pairs of modules, each module of each pair of modules having an array of transducers and at least one servo transducer,
• wherein an axis of each array is defined between opposite ends thereof,
• wherein the axes of the arrays are oriented about parallel to each other,
• wherein the axes of the arrays are spaced from one another in an intended direction of tape travel thereacross,
• wherein the array of a first module of each pair of modules is offset from the array of a second module of each pair of modules in a first direction parallel to the axis of the array of the second module, and
• wherein all of the transducers of each first module are positioned on a first side of an imaginary line oriented in the intended direction of tape travel, wherein all of the transducers of each second module are positioned on a second side of the imaginary line,
• wherein a first pair of modules and a third pair of modules have a same first function, and a second pair of modules has a second function, wherein the first function and the second function are different.