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If you’re interested I can demonstrate this with a Wapping Wharf Telecaster bridge pickup, which is tapped part way through the coil.
You've also got to contend with the way tone changes as you turn down the volume. It can get brighter or darker depending on whether the guitar has a treble bleed circuit.
Here’s the example: a single coil bridge pickup switching between full coil and tapped part way. The tapped sound is brighter.
https://i.imgur.com/1lKpfy3.mp4
That brightness is caused by the resistance of the coil. There can be other factors, such as the way the guitar circuitry, cable, and amp input impedance interact with the lower coil resistance. In the clip I’ve tried to minimise these by not changing the guitar volume, and running a short cable into a solid state amp.
Gain is a feature of amplification.
What you are getting from the different pickups is greater or lower signal into an amplifier whose control settings have not been adjusted between guitars.
How gently or vigorously you play the strings is a factor. So is the distance between each pickup and the vibrating string(s). A low output pickup, set close to the strings, can sound louder than a "hot" one set low.
What pickup is it? You may be able to mod it to be closer to your taste for a fiver or so.