I Xrayed a damaged Artist pup prior to stripping the plastic to fit inside a T'bird cover... looks like a bar...
The pup was mounted in the neck position in my mahogany Peter Cook (run passively) and sounds great - I can't answer the question of the guitar/bass same pup scenario, though... any idea on the resistance - not on the listing...
You'll find the pics in my (stalled) rebuild thread...