Pickup Volume issues

[icronic]

I recently changed the pickups in my Ibanez RG1570 and there are some serious volume differences between all 3.

I put a pair of Breeds in, and a Pro Track single coil..

Looking at the outputs of each pickup and the volume change shouldn't be nearly as drastic as it is.

The Bridge Breed's output is rated at 356. The volume sounds a little quiet but not too bad.

The Pro Track is rated at 275, and it's super quiet.

The Breed Neck is rated at 325, and it's by far the loudest, being significantly louder than the Bridge. It also breaks up a lot quicker.

From what I understand the Neck pickup is supposed to be medium output and the bridge is high, so it's somewhat confusing as to why the neck would not only be significantly louder, but also break up faster.

The Bridge pickup is also mounted a fair bit higher than the bridge.

I also replaced the switch so all 5 positions would be hum-canceling

Any ideas?

[albee1952]

Check your wiring again to make sure you got series coils and not parallel(which would be softer and brighter. I would simply lower the neck pickup a bit to balance it with the bridge. I usually keep the middle pickup lower as it gets in the way of picking. I almost never use the middle alone but the 2&4 positions still sound good even if the middle by itself is soft. I find lots of guitars will have a louder neck pickup which is often due to the greater string movement away from the bridge.