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Something like Yamaha’s Pacifica where the selector switch is moved only a few mm further from the picking area, and which has two knobs rather than three seems to avoid these issues (IMO of course).
However, I do agree with @bencam1997 that once you’ve got used to things it does make it nice and easy to adjust the volume or pickup selection without having to move your picking hand too much.
I think the Strat scratchplate - the shape, the pickup configuration, the arrangement of the controls - is an absolutely wonderful thing.
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I had a Washburn like the one below and, although it's essentially a variation on the Strat, the control layout was utterly shit. Volume knob too far up relative to the pickup, all three knobs too close to each other, and it was basically impossible to use the switch without the knobs getting in the way. I was going to make a new scratchplate, but in the end I just sold the guitar.
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I keep meaning to do the 1 vol, 1 tone mod.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I can see the sense of master tone at the bottom corner of the pickguard and master volume in the "Edward" position, midway between the upper tone control and the original volume.
I never strike the volume control on a regular Stratocaster. I learned to confine my picking hand movements thanks to the metal lip of a vintage style Telecaster bridge. Rap your fingernails on that a few times and you'll soon discipline yourself.