Lewguitar
Old Know It All
It might make a difference.I hope we are on the same page - it's not phase flip, it's literally just the place the split HB is sensing the string vibrations from. It makes no difference in full HB mode
The slug coils sound stronger to me than the screw coils in the same pickup. It's probably the difference between having a screw as the polepiece and a solid steel slug.
I've been forced into doing some close listening while trying to figure out what's going on with the rotary switch on my '95 CE22, compared to my '97 CE22 which i think is working as it should.