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Which was a very good thing in my opinion .
"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
I have a modified old PRS EGII with three humbuckers. Even with no coil splitting, selector switch positions 2 and 4 have a good bit of Stratocaster quack.
Both my PRS and the JT-60 have screwed-on necks and fulcrum vibratos. Their construction probably contributes to the illusion of Strattiness.
Some vintage Gibson three pickup guitars produce a honky tone by having the middle pickup out-of-phase with the bridge and neck pickups. Combining reverse phase and the blend control should create more of the "hollow/notchy" sound.
If you have not yet purchased the pickups, you might get closer to your preferred result using Firebird or mini humbucker pickups. The Seymour Duncan SM-1, -2 and -3 are a compromise between the two other designs.
This. I've seriously considered swapping out the five-way switch for a three-way on mine.
Some of the 2&4 sound is caused by the distance between the coils and their physical dimensions. A few of the more extreme Fender Offset guitar enthusiasts have modified Jaguars in an attempt to extract Stratocaster-like sounds. I see very little evidence of anyone trying this with a Jazzmaster.
I have actually begun to like the 2 and 4 positions - but *not* when they're as extreme and 'Stratty' as they can be, which is achieved when the pickups are separated exactly as they are on a Strat, about the same construction and output, and very well-matched. The further you move away from that, quite rapidly the less quacky and clucky the result - I've got hotter mini-humbuckers in the bridge and neck on mine, with a more typical Strat-like stacked pickup in the middle, and the combined sounds have the things I like about a Strat but without the ones I don't.
"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
I already know some of the position 2 and 4 sounds are from the neck and bridge pickups being in parallel with the reverse wound middle pickup. I'm fairly confident Aaron Armstrong or another British pickup winder (Hot Rod Pickups maybe?) could work on something that worked technically but not sure about how it would sound.
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