alternative pickup positions

[cloren]

anyone have insight on what kind of tones are yielded when two soapbar pickups are positioned close together near the bridge? I imagine the highs would be more pronounced, but thats just a guess.

for example:

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[elros]

Punch.

IME two humbuckers in the normal jazz positions yields a thick round tone with big bass, and two humbuckers near the bridge as on your photo (or as on certain Warwick Thumb models) gives more midrange punch. I like both.