Weird Q about pickups

[lanark]

As a newbie to basses and never afraid to ask idiotic questions, here's my latest:

I was looking at my precision last night and noticed that each string has two magnets on the pickup, one on either side, but each string is much nearer to the left one. Now my question is (well, questions are is more accurate) a: will this make any difference to the sound and b: should the string be central between the magnets and are my pickups therefore positioned incorrectly or does not matter?

Told you it was a daft quesiton.

Edited February 18, 2010 by lanark

[geoffbyrne]

Loosen the neck screws *a little* and tap the top of the headstock toward the right until the strings are central enough to please your aesthetics.

Tightens neck screws *properly*!!

You (probably) have a loose neck pocket, my man!

G.

Edited February 18, 2010 by geoffbyrne

[lanark]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='749691' date='Feb 18 2010, 02:01 PM']Loosen the neck screws *a little* and tap the top of the headstock toward the right until the strings are central enough to please your aesthetics.

Tightens neck screws *properly*!!

You (probably) have a loose neck pocket, my man!

G.[/quote]

If it's purely aesthetic and has no bearing on the sound, I'll leave it as it is. But thanks for the advice.

[JTUK]

Indeed.... as long as the balance of sound ( output ) across the strings is consistant, I would leave things as they are.