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14k of 43 is about 7000 winds of each bobbin. You'll want about 5500 winds on each bobbin in the neck position to match.
This means you want a neck humbucker of around 8.5k in 42 AWG, 11k of 43 AWG, or 13.5k of 44 AWG to match in output (give or take a little for the relative strength of the magnet)
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The basic bridge/both/neck humbucker selections do not produce the *Metal* sounds that the statistics might lead you to expect.
I have an old Gibson covered pickup that measures 8.5 and the guy trht measured that reckoned it was a bridge pick up.
And if your pickup maker doesn't publish what wire gauge he uses ... then best guess is pretty much all you have.
Makers are often cagey about what gauge they use as plagiarism is rife in the pickup making world: if your wire gauge is known, and your magnet type then it's a pretty simple thing to copy your design.
Of course there's nothing 'wrong' about using a bridge humbucker in the neck with a higher gain bridge pickup ... pickup manufacturers do it all the time ... many a neck pickup in a high gain set is actually a recycled bridge pickup design from a lower output set in their range.
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Reason for why? - I am about to upgrade the pickups in one of my guitars with a view to gigging it as a back up to my #1 guitar - EBMM Axis.
If I install new pickups that are in the same ball park (DCR wise) as my Axis, then there'd be little to no faff (changing amp/pedal settings) when swapping guitars mid gig.