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I find that on my Les Paul P90 Burst the routing for the pickup cavities is quite tight and routed perpendicular to the body (rather than perpendicular to the strings).
The superior surface of the pickups are therefore not parallel to the strings - and it looks a little odd.
Cosmetically, I do wish they were (particularly the neck pickup), but in practical terms does it make a difference?
I ask because it will require significant routing to remedy what might well be a non-issue...
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To fix it you'd need to carefully 'undercut' the side wall on the bridge side of the cavity, and move the screw holes slightly. Not that much work, but a bit tricky.
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I'll explore the undercutting option - probably not worth the effort though...
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With a 'bi-polar' humbucker, one would intuitively desire both coils to be the same distance from the strings. There again, we hear about asymmetrical coil windings - perhaps a tilted humbucker will achieve something similar tonally... :-))