Re: Invader neck position?
The neck version has been around longer than that -- I had one back in the 80's. But one thing to note, which is unless they have changed the design, the neck Invader has a capacitor in it to shunt some of the treble to ground.
It's a pretty low DC resistance pickup (only 7.2k) with a ceramic magnet so I'm think Duncan's intent with the capacitor is to keep it from having too high a resonant peak (e.g., sounding to shrill and ice-picky). Which makes sense -- 7.2k + ceramic mag = really harsh and shrill on paper. But to my ear, the cap just made it dark and muddy -- maybe a lower value cap would have worked better for me -- but in those days I would just cut the cap out of it and I was happy with it.
It's been so long since I've had one that I can't remember exactly what it sounded like, only that once I cut the cap out, I liked it. But those huge pole pieces make for great string coverage so I've often toyed with the idea of buying one, putting an Alnico 2/3/4 magnet in and and seeing how it would work for blues and jazz. Now that I'm winding my own pickups these days, I could certainly get the sound out of it that I wanted if I decided the tone of the existing coil wasn't quite right for me.
