Flipping pickup over on P-Bass

[astraltraveler81]

I play a Fender alder/maple neck standard P-Bass with a Duncan Quarter Pound pickup. Today I got the crazy idea to flip the pickup over to where the a and e strings get pickup closer to the bridge, does that make any sense? Just flipped over. Would this do anything drastically to the sound?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Flipping pickup over on P-Bass

welcome to the forum!!

it does make sense and some other companys do just that. it makes sense, the e/a poles are closer to the bridge giving a little brighter sound with more clarity and the d/g poles are closer to the neck giving a warmer tone. a good idea, but to do that on your bass means cutting a couple holes in it.