What's the difference between neck and bridge humbuckers?

[surfguy13]

Really good point!!! I was given a pickup years and years ago, can't remember what or when!! , and the pole pieces were miles off to the point where I didn't use it. From reading the last few posts I guess I could have done?

The only thing really to watch out for is the pole spacing ... many bridge pickups are 52mm rather than 50mm or even 49.2mm. If you use a 52 on in a Gibbo spaced neck position the top and bottom E strings will fall slightly outside the pole pieces. Obviously if you use a 50mm spaced Gibbo style pickup in a 'Fender' spaced neck position the strings will fall inside the poles rather than going directly over them.This is really only cosmetic only mind.

[TheGuitarWeasel]

If you look at how far the real 72 Tele Wide Range poles were off at the neck pickup you'd shudder ...

[surfguy13]

It's really good to know that string/pole alignment isn't critical though. I had genuinely thought it was!

If you look at how far the real 72 Tele Wide Range poles were off at the neck pickup you'd shudder ...