PJ bridge pickup placement

[rubis]

Hi
As in a slightly earlier post regarding bridge replacement, I have a very nice mexican p bass, it plays quite nicely and i love the looks....Lake Placid Blue, gloss neck with rosewood board from a Blacktop precision bass, parchment guard and bridge cover....:....very tasteful
Now, most people seem to agree the main difference between MIM and USA is the hardware, and having played a US precision recently, I would go along with that
So, what I intend to do is 'discretely' improve/replace the hardware on this bass, I'm keen to retain as much of the 'retro' looks as possible
For example, in my other post I have asked if any of the aftermarket bridges will fit under the bridge cover

Now I'll get to this point!
I have replaced the existing p pickup with an excellent Bare Knuckle unit, and I also have one of their jazz pridge pickups to make this a PJ bass, married to a stack knob arrangement kindly provided by the Maestro of this parish.......we all know who!
I'm a big Smiths fan and love Andy Rourke's recorded sounds, which mostly came from a Yamaha PJ

So, which bridge pickup positioning is best, 60's or 70's and why?

As the bridge pickup is a BK 60's one, would that position suit it more?

I seem to remember reading sometime ago there are pros and cons either way in terms of voicing, output etc

Any advice is welcome

Thanks

[ikay]

If you want the science behind pickup positions and response here it is - [url="http://www.till.com/articles/PickupResponse/"]http://www.till.com/articles/PickupResponse/[/url]

And you can test various positions with this rather cool little app - [url="http://www.till.com/articles/PickupResponseDemo/index.html"]http://www.till.com/articles/PickupResponseDemo/index.html[/url]

Be warned, playing with pickup combinations and positions and trying to decide what sounds best can drive you MAD!

[rubis]

Ideal, thanks