Bridge Riff Raff too quiet compared to Mule neck.

[Warpiggate]

Hi,
I have a BKP sets in my tele, strat and LP copy but each are calibrated. Last year I put a mule neck and riff raff bridge in my Les Paul Studio after reading a recommendation by Tim at BKP. This is the first time I have sourced individually (I usually buy direct from BKP) . Both sound great. I really like the mule for beefing up my blues. The only problem is the riff raff bridge is way too quiet compared to the mule neck making the toggle switch difficult. Is this huge difference normal for an uncallibrated pair? I've looked at the specs and they don't look so far off each other compairing both bridges and the differences between the respective bridges and necks - if that makes sense. Any thoughts or answers would be very welcome!

Just to note, so far I've kept the pots and capacitors etc as stock

Cheers

[Warpiggate]

Apologies. Its not the pickup height after all as the difference is still staggering! The mule neck is load and wonderful and the riff raff neck sounds like it's pr very nice but only a whisper. How much difference in volume do people live with they mix and match?

[Telerocker]

Apologies. I could have sworn it was down to the components/electrics/wiring etc. or a vast difference in pickup hence the post - but it turns out it was just pickup height! Don't know why or how I overlooked such an elementary step in set up!
Cheers

Scatterwound pickups are sensitive. Every mm makes a change. Good to hear you sorted it out.

[Warpiggate]

Apologies. Its not the pickup height after all as the difference is still staggering! The mule neck is load and wonderful and the riff raff neck sounds like it's pr very nice but only a whisper. How much difference in volume do people live with they mix and match?

I can't even use the forum today without messing it up! Just edited my last post instead of replying!

[darkbluemurder]

Pickups in the neck position appear to be louder due to the increased string movement in that position. That is why more often than not in a calibrated set the bridge pickup is wound hotter.

Riff Raff bridge/Mule neck seems to be a tried and true combination so what you are experiencing does not appear to be normal. If that were normal I would expect the Mule set to be off balance as well since going by specs the Riff Raff bridge looks slightly hotter than the Mule bridge. I would check all the wiring (including pots and switches) with a multimeter to make sure eveything is in spec.

Good luck,
Stephan

[Warpiggate]

Riff Raff bridge/Mule neck seems to be a tried and true combination so what you are experiencing does not appear to be normal.

Thanks, it was this that convinced me it wasn't something to live with or write off.
I think I've definitely cracked it this time. I'm only using the two wires for now and have the others joined - but there must have been a partly dry joint there. I disconnected them, stripped back the plastic some more and resoldered the joint. My Studio sounds great now.  It looked right when I first looked so I dismissed this as the cause before.

Thanks for the input