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50's P-Bass Pickup Placement - Need Measurement!!!

Hi Everyone, first time here!! I need a favor from any Fender 50's (single pup/ not split) P Bass owners to measure from the actual 12th fret (not the space at the fret marker) to the center of the pickup pole piece. I'm having a bass built and my luthier is asking for this for the pickup placement I don't own one myself, so I'm reaching out. :)
Thank You In advance!!
 
I don't have one, or I'd help, but can't believe no one else with one has replied yet- too busy playing?

I checked some relative pickup position ref's I have, but none help. I saw a single-coil P in 'near the neck' position, and haven't been able to find the exact location yet.
I'm building a bass with 3 'P's and one is a single-coil P, and considering all I've found, I chose to position it just short of the octave. Sounds pretty good there.

If you can get to a retail store that has re-issue '51 P's/Tele p's (should be the same?), just measure it, and hopefully someone else will jump in with a measurement you can compare it to.