Has anyone moved the neck pickup back?

[tennis_nick]

From a technical perspective the center of the 1" spacing is right on the 24 fret position and the 1/2" spacing is forward of the node. (aligns with the back of the pickup).
The 1" spacing will actually cancel out more harmonics

Wouldn't that be true only for open strings? When you fret a string, the nodes move.

SSSSHHHHHHHH!!!! That's 90% of Ed Romans selling propaganda...

[loverickbass]

Thanks for the advise guys. This bass is my keeper so I'm not worried about resale value. I just want to do a decent job. Even though you can't see the route, I'll always know it's there!

Cole

[sloop_john_b]

I personally would not mod a clean Rick bass as it will ultimately devalue it.

As long as it's been done cleanly, i'm not so sure about that!

[loverickbass]

Yeah, I don't think your V68 has been devalued!

[weemac]

Wouldn't that be true only for open strings? When you fret a string, the nodes move.

Yes, that is correct! But something remains changed in the tone due to the placing of the pickups... (that is the mystery bit)! At least it is fair to say that the open string harmonics sound a bit more prominent on a 1/2" spaced bass..
emac.