What do you use your middle pickup for, on your strat?

[Shenaniganizer]

[BoneNut]

I use it to make the neck and bridge pups sound cool.

[tiltsta]

I use my strats most often in the 2 and 4 position.

[Bro Blue]

 

I use it to make the neck and bridge pups sound cool.

 

 

This. I rarely use it alone. It is there for the quack.

[kulardenu]

I hide my condoms for groupies behind it!

[Shenaniganizer]

Hmmm..

 

Does the "quack" have something to do with the position of the pickup itself, more than the actual pickup itself? I know that positions of pickups according to how close they are to the bridge or neck can have a rather large effect on tone.

Do you think you can get a quack-ish tone between a single coil bridge, and single coil neck?

[Elias Graves]

Everybody knows it's part of the obstacle course.

 

EG

[Unclemeat]

I like to use the neck and middle together for the quacky funky sound. I also use it in conjunction with a bridge bucker, to reduce gain and clean up the signal.

[twofoolsaminute]

I use it to store my screws during repairs. The magnet holds them nicely.

[wagdog]

I, like most strat players, combine it w/the neck and bridge for that heavenly strat quack.

 

However it does sound pretty good on its own, especially with some gain and the tone rolled back.

[FXR]

I use it when tuning.

[vintage clubber]

Eric Clapton and Tom Principato both use the middle pickup alone for soloing...

[ido1957]

Eric Clapton and Tom Principato both use the middle pickup alone for soloing...

This .... I have an EC Strat and this is what I use for soloing - with the special "tone" knob turned up for compression/sustain.

[GodBlessTexas]

I don't use mine for much of anything since I don't play funk. I use the neck for soloing and the bridge for everything else. I'd use it more if my style of play were more diverse I suppose.

[D Carroll]

When the room hums like crazy.

[Belva]

I use the middle for soloing. But I ain't no Clapton.

[Shenaniganizer]

Hmmm.. Does the "quack" have something to do with the position of the pickup itself, more than the actual pickup itself? I know that positions of pickups according to how close they are to the bridge or neck can have a rather large effect on tone. Do you think you can get a quack-ish tone between a single coil bridge, and single coil neck?

 

[metallica_00]

Occasionally for soloing with moderate gain when I don't want the signature "clankiness" (i mean it in a good way) of the neck pickup but still don't want much bite either. Definitely my least used position.

[Blahbbs]

I don't usually use it by itself, but using the middle with the neck pup is easily the most common position I use. With a lighter touch it makes a nice smooth sound for rhythm, but if I dig in, I get a nice quack. For solos, I might go to the neck pup by itself or to the middle-bridge position.

 

..but I suck, so it doesn't really matter.

[NHLfan2010]

 

Hmmm.. Does the "quack" have something to do with the position of the pickup itself, more than the actual pickup itself? I know that positions of pickups according to how close they are to the bridge or neck can have a rather large effect on tone. Do you think you can get a quack-ish tone between a single coil bridge, and single coil neck?

 

 

You mean a tele... :poke:

[HeimBrent]

It's a nice and classy way to fill that hole in the pickguard. Guess that's why they put it there in the first place?

[Shenaniganizer]

 

You mean a tele... :poke:

 

 

No, no.. I mean a strat.

[Alecto]

I use it all the time, either with all the other pickups or by itself for funk rhythms and a scooped mid tone for soloing.

[LowYaw]

i used to switch to it when parts, initially written with neck pick up in mind, did not cut enough. it happens live, mostly thythm stuff. clean, i liked it also for certain arpeggios and chording - a tighter, a little bit flat but still very mix-friendly tone.

[*BLEEP*]

What do you use your middle pickup for, on your strat?

 

 

I use my middle pickup, along with either the neck or bridge pickup, to communicate with ducks.