Ahhh The Hidden Dummy Coil

[RaginRog]

+1

I once tried raising the neck pickup to equalize the perceived volume between the pickups.

I noticed that the B string sounded really funny - the magnetic field of the pickups was affecting the way the strings were vibrating and (my theory) was affecting intonation.

Lower the bridge instead. Or, keep the volume at 75% and boost it when using the neck solo'd.

It certainly does affect the sound in a negative way...Ed actually suggested lowering the humbucker until it closely matches the neck pickup. He mentioned that I shouldn't raise the neck pickup up height....I happened to mis-quote the Bass Whisperer! Oh Shame on ME!!