Writer with a hot seed zero throat and substantially flat top pole

A method for providing a recording head comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a first pole having a pedestal, the pedestal having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a high moment electroplated material, the second portion including a hot seed layer, the hot seed layer including a high moment sputtered material, the first portion of the pedestal having a first throat height perpendicular to an air-bearing surface of the recording head the second portion of the pedestal having a second throat height perpendicular to the air-bearing surface, the second throat height being less than the first throat height;
• (b) providing at least one coil having a plurality of turns;
• (c) providing a write gap above the pedestal of the first pole, the second portion of the first pole being adjacent to the write gap;
• (d) providing a second pole, the write gap separating the first pole from the second pole, the at least one coil being between the first pole and the second pole.