Originally Posted by: hunter1801I also had some questions regarding the position of pickups (neck vs bridge). I get that it depends on what sound you want, but will a pickup sound different if it is in a different position? So will pickup A have a certain sound if installed in the bridge position and a different sound if installed in the neck position?[/QUOTE]

Yes and no. How's that for definitive? ;)

Yes: End result is that the same pick up will sound different in each position. No matter the pick up, the neck position will, invariably, have a softer, 'rounder' sound than the bridge, which would have a more driven and brighter sound. The bridge pick up, I think, is also going to drop off the lower frequencies more quickly as the string resonates.

Frequency response notwithstanding, the pick up is going to maintain its core characteristics because of it's construction. If it's a hotter pick up, it's going to still want to drive the front of the amp more that a 'less hot' pick up.

For me, this means that I'm going to get less differentiation in sound between the two if, for instance, I had the same pick up in both positions. My first guitar was a Les Paul Deluxe that was routed for standard sized pick ups. When I bought it, it had Duncan Distortions in both positions. I was always unsatisfied because the sound difference wasn't enough that I cared to really ever use the neck pick up. The neck did have a little more of the round 'woofy' sound but not so much, because of the pick up, that it sounded appealing to me. I think this is why I've since gone to less wound pick ups in the neck position.

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