Yep, me too.That's probably my favorite pickup position on any guitar. I could almost leave it in "both" mode all the time and have a volume knob for each pickup. I always make sure there is a way to either select that sound on a 5 way super switch, or use a push pull to engage that sound.
There are stock guitars that come with that option. This one comes to mind.I'm with Howie on the quack positions. I just don't dig that sound, and when I played Strats, I never used those settings. I also thought it got in the way, because I have bad technique. Further, I just don't think there's a magic sound for the center pickup that can't be improved or approximated by running the bridge and neck together. This actually leads to a fourth complaint [with most stock 3-pickup guitars], in that I would have to re-wire to add the option of neck and bridge only.
Yes, but most don't. Reverend does shit that makes sense.There are stock guitars that come with that option. This one comes to mind.
I am not sure how the middle pickup gets in the way? How do you guys hold your picks or do you jack the pickups up so high they almost touch the strings? If the middle pickup got in the way of my picking, the pick would be so far past the strings, I would be breaking the strings every time I played. I'm with Howie on the tone though. I used to like the 2 and 4 but now I can't stand them.
You don't really own a guitar until you bleed on it.(not mine, but I've been there)
One thing that has helped is on my strats I have the raised pole pieces for the bridge and neck, but the middle pickup I've switched to flat poles. That has helped more than anything.
My favorite Strat switch positions are 2 and 4. The quack tones are what make Strat's sound so damned good. Lowering the middle pickup slightly enhances the quack. I've never heard of anyone having issues with it being in the way, however.
If I'm strumming cowboy chords I don't have a problem. If I'm trying to really dig in I hit the middle pup at times. If I play my strat a lot I seem to avoid it after a while, but if I play a week or two with my tele or lp type I get back to hitting it. Pickup is normal height, not too muddy, not too tinny, just right. And I hold the pick closer to my thumb than MI am not sure how the middle pickup gets in the way? How do you guys hold your picks or do you jack the pickups up so high they almost touch the strings? If the middle pickup got in the way of my picking, the pick would be so far past the strings, I would be breaking the strings every time I played. I'm with Howie on the tone though. I used to like the 2 and 4 but now I can't stand them.
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I could see this ( jammed PUs) maybe being an issue if you have the action low and are a hard picker, but I have no problems w my strat or my Fatovich 7 string, (set up like a Switchmaster).
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