Does anyone actually use position 3 on a Strat?

Whitecat

Yes, I love it. It seems like some kind of dark secret since so many people think it’s somehow naff. I don’t get the hate, it’s unique and useful!

munckee

Use them all. Middle for punchy rhythm. 

Whitecat

Keefy said:

Sassafras said:

...
No other guitar sounds like a Strat neck pickup.

Except some Tele neck pickups.





 I’ll fetch me coat.

And except for the American Pro Jazzmaster which out-Strats many Strats...

crunchman

Looks like the middle

skunkwerx

crunchman said:

Looks like the middle

His poles are inverted though.... 


I’ll go now.

LastMantra

Yes, especially when mucking about with my looper for variety.

I prefer having no tone control on the bridge too so I can make a few layers then whack it on for a solo.

Keefy

crunchman said:

Looks like the middle

Certainly does, especially since at that time you could only balance the switch in the in between positions with difficulty.

LPManic

I can't believe anyone plays Strats nevermind what position they play in!

HAL9000

Yes - great rhythm sound.

ICBM said:

...I prefer a single master tone really.

I tend to have the tone on the middle pickup at about 6-7, and the neck at about 1-2. Means I can easily get two very different sounds by just flicking the selector. A master tone would mean having to use the selector and rolling the tone to get the same effect.

ICBM

HAL9000 said:

Yes - great rhythm sound.

ICBM said:

...I prefer a single master tone really.

I tend to have the tone on the middle pickup at about 6-7, and the neck at about 1-2. Means I can easily get two very different sounds by just flicking the selector. A master tone would mean having to use the selector and rolling the tone to get the same effect.

I understand, but I just never really use a guitar like that. I always prefer a master volume and tone. (Except on Rickenbackers with stereo wiring.)

RandallFlagg

To my ears It always sounds like Andy Summers plays his Strat on the middle pickup through a Roland JC120 with some compression on De Do Do Do De Da Da Da

stratman3142

Never use it.

TTBZ

On a strat I tend not to use any position involving the middle pickup, I just hate those sounds. Neck or bridge only. My parts strat will one day be H-S.

soma1975

Jimi loved it. I love it. 

richardhomer

Absolutely - this is a very young me doing exactly that:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=koUOsiaer-c

ICBM

I do use all the sounds, but in the opposite order from most Strat players - from favourite to least favourite mine are middle, bridge, neck, neck+middle, bridge+middle.

I prefer the bridge+middle with hotter pickups or a bridge humbucker - I really dislike that ‘quacky’ sound. The middle pickup alone is the most different from that, oddly.

StuartMac290

The Edge

Hendrix

Countless others on famous tracks

llew

Yeah I absolutely love the tone from the middle pickup.

thegummy

I think the middle position sounds great when I have used it but for some reason I never really feel the urge to go to it like I do with the neck, bridge or inbetweens.

I think possibly because it's like in the middle of the two extreme sounds of the neck and bridge so I'm just more likely to go for extremes.

Zoolooter

Couldn’t get past the 1st, I imagine the 3rd is equally as crap.