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Does anyone actually use position 3 on a Strat?

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monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17916
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 73086
    Favourite position on a traditional Strat.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17916
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    ICBM said:
    Favourite position on a traditional Strat.

    I think if we met we might annihilate like anti matter.
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5203
    https://youtu.be/1bC7uwiw-XE
    http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59137/tone1#latest
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  • skullfunkerryskullfunkerry Frets: 4262
    I use position 3 on my HSS Jackson...
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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  • thebreezethebreeze Frets: 2819
    Yep - not wired to tone control can be great too.  Clear, strident.  Definitely has it's uses.
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9100
    Yep... only position to use on a strat...














    apart from the other four....
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  • LestratcasterLestratcaster Frets: 1130
    Very rarely if ever. Might have to start doing it though!
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  • CorvusCorvus Frets: 2993
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    With filth or fuzz and tone wound down the quacky twang goes away and you get a fat sustainy lead thing. Can't hack it otherwise at all though.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 73086
    thebreeze said:
    Yep - not wired to tone control can be great too.  Clear, strident.  Definitely has it's uses.
    I hate it without a tone control - strident is a good description. Leo had it right...

    That said I prefer a single master tone really.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • SchnozzSchnozz Frets: 2043
    Is that the middle? Hell yes. Bridge - Not really.
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  • thebreezethebreeze Frets: 2819
    ICBM said:
    thebreeze said:
    Yep - not wired to tone control can be great too.  Clear, strident.  Definitely has it's uses.
    I hate it without a tone control - strident is a good description. Leo had it right...

    That said I prefer a single master tone really.
    I wonder if the flavour of pickups makes a difference, I imagine a bit at least?  I've got a Strat with '60's pickups and no tone on the middle and I like the sound as much as any of the other positions.
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  • WazmeisterWazmeister Frets: 9716
    Almost never, for some reason.

    Positions 1,2,4 and 5.
    Feedback here - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57555/
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  • bananamanbananaman Frets: 191
    It's an awesome tone. Pride and Joy, All Along the Watchtower etc...
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 19412
    Yes! rather than deprive myself of a third of the proper pickup selecter positions...
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  • KeefyKeefy Frets: 2390
    Yep, great open rhythm sound. I have the tone pots wired to the neck and bridge pickups - think that might be the Jimmie Vaughan wiring.
    GRAEME SCOTT - Guitar & Bass dep | Keefy's Feedback
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  • thumpingrugthumpingrug Frets: 2958
    Yer, why not.

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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30320
    It's a happy medium between neck & bridge. Not too shrill, not too plummy. Although the neck can't really be called plummy. No other guitar sounds like a Strat neck pickup.
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6888
    Don’t think I’ve ever actually played a strat, except my Stagg copy 16 years ago.. 

    Its on the list.. 

    The only easy day, was yesterday...
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14793
    Try yo’ middle pickup when the guitar is tuned down a semitone to Standard Eb.  ;)
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • KeefyKeefy Frets: 2390
    Sassafras said:
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    No other guitar sounds like a Strat neck pickup.
    Except some Tele neck pickups.





     I’ll fetch me coat.
    GRAEME SCOTT - Guitar & Bass dep | Keefy's Feedback
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