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Old 2007-02-12, 09:17
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Pickup Question

alright so i've had my pickup in my jackson installed for a while and I was wondering if it is possible to install a pickup backwards. What i mean is does it matter if the 6th string is getting the 1st string magnet and visa versa? I installed it with the logo going down but I didn't think about it since I'm left handed shouldn't it go the other way? Hmmmm yeah stupid question i'm sure.
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Old 2007-02-12, 12:39
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Sure. Dimebag did, it's all a matter of tone.
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Old 2007-02-12, 14:43
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Nah it shouldn't go the other way around if you're left handed, unless you play a left hander with the strings upside down(so that any righthander could pick it up and play it to).

As for if this should be done generally, with those long bar magnets like on Dime's X2N/Dimebucker/Bill Lawrence it shouldn't really matter, because the strings will sound the same anywhere up and down the neck. Should be the same with most pole pickups too, but I don't know, not something I'd ever try.
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Old 2007-02-12, 15:57
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i think it will only make a difference if your pickup is slanted (like on fender strats) or if you have different pole pieces on each bobbin.
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