325 C58 pickups question(s)

[1OUfan]

I asked this on the Rickenbacker Form, but I'd like to ask it here also---
I just got a new 325C58 JG and I've notice that when both volume pots are "full up" the bridge pickup (down switch position) has much less volume than the other two (middle and up positions). I do know that the tone pots are wired backwards, but is it normal for the bridge pickup to be lower in volume than the other two when selected by itself on the C58's?
Is there anything in print showing the relation of the pots and the pickups and how to blend the pickups using the volume pots to get better balance----or is it just a learning curve thing that one gets with experimentation? I love this guitar---it just looks like it's going to take some geting used to "warts and all"
Thanks for any help or suggestions you may be able to give me---
Bob

[tennis_nick]

This is a common occurence anytime you have identical pickups at the bridge and neck position, simply because the string vibrates less by the bridge, ixes would include changing pickup height to even things out.

It could also have something to do with a cap on the bridge pup, but I'm not sure it has one.

[kiramdear]

People will also commonly put in a "hotter" wound pickup in that bridge slot to compensate for the laws of physics.

[beatlefreak]

The c58 also has the vintage tone cap in line to the bridge pickup, which rolls off output along with the low end.

[deaconblues]

My 325c58 was like that too.

Keep in mind also that the neck and middle pickups are wired together. It would be interesting to hear from 325c58 owners who disconnected the middle pickup. Wes?

[rickcrazy]

Addressing that particular issue with stronger magnets will work wonders. Better leave the coil well alone.