Pickup Installation Directions

[SpikeSocietySucks]

something I've noticed on here recently is that a few pickups behave differently depending on which direction they're installed, I.e. D Sonic, Steves Special Ect.

What I'm wondering, is how many pickups (specifically dimarzio) react differently to being installed upside down.

Hopefully a few people can post thier experiences, and we can get a nice list going,

Thanks a bunch,

Spikey

[jm1681]

Per the DiMarzio site

Does it matter which direction I install my pickup?

Most humbuckers are symmetrical and their sound does not change at all when installed backwards, but some have a slightly different sound if you install them in the opposite direction from normal. It’s not a matter of right or wrong, but a matter of taste for such a subtle difference, if you can hear the difference at all. Those models include the Air Norton™, Air Zone™, Evolution® neck, bridge and 7-string, FRED®, Humbucker from Hell™, DLX Plus™ neck and bridge models, Virtual P-90™, Blaze™ neck and bridge models and Tone Zone 7™.

The Steve’s Special™, the Bluesbucker® and the MegaDrive™ have distinctly different sounds if you turn them around, and there is no ‘right’ installation direction. The Bluesbucker® is brighter-sounding with the adjustable screw coil towards the bridge, while the MegaDrive™ is brighter-sounding with the adjustable screw coil towards the neck. The Steve’s Special™ is brighter-sounding if the coil on the pickup’s cable exit side is toward the bridge.