Ric humbucker, difference between neck and bridge?

rockettone · Post by **rockettone** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 12:03 pm

Does anyone here know the difference between the neck and bridge humbucker? is the bridge just wound to be hotter so the output level is the same between the two? Or, are there other, tone differences? I ask because I have a toaster in the neck and wonder if the neck version would have a closer sound level to it.
Josh

bruceglaser · Post by **bruceglaser** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 2:30 pm

I posed this question to customer service at Rick awhile ago. I was told that even though they have different part numbers, both pickups are identical.

rockettone · Post by **rockettone** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:46 pm

I just got a response from ric myself a little while ago. They said that same thing, Really weird that they would do that. Evidently, they do the same with the hi-gains.

kranz · Post by **kranz** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:08 pm

A pair of RIC humbuckers were just auctioned on ebay. The seller stated that "One pickup reads 8.7 K and the other reads 14.4 K". If correct, it would lead one to believe that the neck and bridge PUs are wound differently.

kranz · Post by **kranz** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:20 pm

Well, curiousity got to me so I measured the PUs on my 2002 360. Bridge was 10.58K. Neck was 10.64K. This would indicate that they are indeed the same.