Somebody call me out on this if I'm wrong as I have never played a Ray, but it looks a little close to the bridge if anything (the bridge is big and further into the body as well) . The passive MB5 SB looks closer to the sweet spot, but as I said earlier I wanted a few different tones (it has the 5 way pickup selector). The rear pickup does give a relatively good Ray tone (that I have heard on records anyway) if you cut the mids, but it is wired in series unlike the Ray, so is not exact. But for 177 quid it does me and I am having fun with a fiver for the first time in my life