My Filmore StratCat is outfitted with Wilkinson pickups with poles staggered in reverse order, to mimick how Hendrix sounded, playing lefthand on a righthand Strat.
While this sounds very cool, the A pole a quite low, resulting in too little gain, but is resolved by supergluing a tiny neodym magnet underneath it.
However, the low E pole sticks up way too high, making this string bounce through way too much.
Nope, tilting the pup can't be done enough to compensate.
I'm thinking it should be possible to hook up the pup in a vice, using some hollow tool th support the pickup base around/under the pole, and gently apply pressure to drive the pole some 1-1½ mm down.
Any experience with this? Are poles generally stickyfied to the base/lid and maybe likewise to the windings?