Why not use a neck pickup in the bridge?

[BowerR64]

Most neck pickups are just a little under wound then most bridge pickups, why not use like a JB neck in the bridge?

[Zerberus]

Well, there is no JB neck (or the Jazz would be considered the "JB Neck", depending how you look at it)

But this is actually something often recommended, for ex. using a ´59 N at the bridge, because it balances much better with vintage strat single coils

[ArtieToo]

And vice-versa. The Stag Mag is a killer neck pup.

[Zerberus]

And vice-versa. The Stag Mag is a killer neck pup.

As is the JB

[Tux789]

so on like the full-sized jackson V they use a JB for bridge in the neck position?

[Davey]

there is only 1 model of the JB, soooooo .. yes they do

[LesStrat]

You paid for the pup. Mount it where you wish.

[i2k]

there is only 1 model of the JB, soooooo .. yes they do

In fact, I've just got a neck model by mistake. It says SH4n. Got it from Ebay, the seller said that it is a bridge model. But it looks like any other neck pickup. As I'm not sure that the seller will replace this, what should I do with it : installed on neck (I have no idea how it will sound) or just pretend that it is a bridge pickup ?
thanks...

[Zerberus]

so on like the full-sized jackson V they use a JB for bridge in the neck position?

Define "Full Sized Jackson V", please..... King V, Double Rhoads (Big Red / Anniversary KV) or Rhoads? They´re all full sized

But essentially, yes, they´re just putting normal SH-4s in the neck.

In fact, I've just got a neck model by mistake. It says SH4n. Got it from Ebay, the seller said that it is a bridge model. But it looks like any other neck pickup. As I'm not sure that the seller will replace this, what should I do with it : installed on neck (I have no idea how it will sound) or just pretend that it is a bridge pickup ?
thanks...

Nope, it´s still a bridge JB...... the "N" is merely the initial of the winder

[i2k]

I'm sure it is meant for neck as the adjustable polepiece is located on top instead of on the bottom like a normal bridge pickup.

[Zerberus]

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Measure the DC resistance, it should be around 16k

I have a JB at the neck of the axe in my avatar, and the screw coil is also towards the neck... because I flipped the baseplate around 180° (could have just turned it while mounting it, but I wanted it this way for some reason...)

I think the chances of the baseplate being mounted backwards are 1000x better than the chances of you owning a pickup that Duncan never made

[i2k]

Do you mean that if the DC resistance is correct then I can installed on the bridge ?
Last (newbie) question (I hope...) : I have to measure the DC resistance of each bobbin or the DC resistance of both bobbin in series ???

[Zerberus]

Both will work... you can measure the bobbins individually and add them together, or you can measure the whole pickup, the final value should be the same

And, as was topic of the thread anyway: any pickup can be installed anywhere... the question is whether you´ll like it. But if you don´t try it you´ll never know

[i2k]

Thanks Zerberus, it was very helpful....BTW, I just visited Jackson's website, my pickup looks like the one on the neck of US model King V. Seems that it was a rip off from King V, I hope this will work well on the bridge (as I don't need any new neck pu)

[MikeS]

As stated, there’s nothing that says a neck pickup cannot be installed in the bridge position. For pickups available in both bridge and neck models, the only difference is the bridge pickup is typically would slightly hotter to account for less string vibration closer to the bridge.

The only problem you might ever run into is spacing. Some, but not all, bridge pickups are available as trembuckers, with slightly wider string spacing to account for bridged with wider string spacings.

[malymal86]

I'm thinking of putting a gfs fat pat neck in the bridge of my new strat. I have no bridge PU right now so it's all I have.

[Left_Hand_Strat]

I used an Ibanez AHS-1 in the bridge on my strat for about 6 months and it worked wonderfully, sounded much better than it did in the neck position