Alright I have a question for the experts out there. you know who you are. this may be totally irrelevant but whatever. I ordered a set of after market pickups for my strat w/ a HSS config so there is a bucker in the bridge. after trying to install them myself and using 3 different soldering irons i was unable to melt the original solder to remove the origninals so i had to take it to everyone's favorite place to try and hear how a guitar sounds w/ blaring pop rock music in the background, GC! so anyway i actually screwed the new pickups in and cut the wire of the old ones to just take em out before i brought my axe to them(dont ask why thats just how far i got before i gave up). i think i might have put the humbucker in upside down because the middle pickup is RWRP and position 4 is hum canceling and position 2 doesnt seem to be. plus when i use my push pull to split it to a single coil there's a pretty dramatic volume drop. i think it may be due to the fact that the side of the pickup that stays active is closest to the bridge and there is less string vibration there. does anyone ever experiment with upside down pickups? what do you notice about it? are my presumptions correct about it being upside down? do you care? any feedback is appreciated.....even if your just gonna make a mockery of this thread... which is encouraged as far as im concerned. thanks guys