[davidd]

Originally Posted by ChrisN

OP's not talking about that side-to-side adjustment - he's talking about the front-to-back adjustment. The pole side of the neck pickup ("fretboard pickup poles") is closer to the strings than the slug side.

The OP's issue is a function of failing to adjust the front/back of the pickup ring (same rings are used on multiple different guitars), but that's a time-consuming ($$) task the factories avoid (except for custom shop versions).

Don't think you are correct...

It's the spring or rubber tubing under the pickup ring. Often it gets too squished and misaligned. Just take the four pickup ring screws off and lift it up slightly and you can easily tweak it while you turn the pickup adjustment screw and push down slightly on the high side. Sometimes all you have to do is adjust the adjustment screw slightly and push down on the high side while you turn it a quarter turn or so without loosening the PU ring. It's no big deal. I've done it countless times. Takes less than a minute to fix. In reality it really doesn't affect the tone.