I’m sure it’s been asked before…(Poll)

[Otisblove]

but we’re halfway through 2021, so I’ll ask again. What’s your favorite Strat pickup position to play?

 

[elduderinoTF]

Is it cool if I like 'em all for different reasons?

 

[Otisblove]

Is it cool if I like 'em all for different reasons?

You can feel free to vote with your heart on this one.

 

[AntStrat]

No, never been asked before.

neck.

 

[Ace38]

Middle, unless my strat has a humbucker, then its the bridge.

 

[Stratafied]

Is it cool if I like 'em all for different reasons?

Good answer.

 

[Stratafied]

Mostly neck, but position 2 is great sounding, especially when playing Robbie Blunt stuff.

 

[TheWorldsAStage]

Neck, but been making a conscious effort to play the middle more.

 

[StratUp]

I'm shocked to see "neck" winning (my choice). I would have bet on "bridge".

 

[StratoMutt]

Blender.

 

[albala]

I really use all 5 equally.

If I have to choose 1, neck only

 

[TheWorldsAStage]

Also just noticed bridge and neck was an option
While not my favorite I'm a big fan. Have one strat with that option and it sounds really good. SSL-5 in the bridge and a 69 in the neck. Makes me wonder if there's something magic about the output mismatch or if it'd sound as good if they were closer matched.

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

I never use the middle pickup by itself, just in combinations wit either the neck or bridge. If I want a tone slightly more versatile, but similar to the middle pickup, I grab my Tele.

 

[Bowmap]

All of them.

 

[RPKennedy]

I really like the snarl of the bridge pickup on my EJ Strat, when going through dirt pedals.

The previous owner of my particular guitar installed a push-push pot on the 2nd tone control that adds the Neck pickup to the Bridge pickup, and that's a pretty great combination too.

 

[Kenny80121]

Maybe it's just my current strat - but I've been digging the middle. If you watch BBC's the story of the guitar - they interview Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour and they both get the most magical tones out of their strats. Both are playing 54s - but both are using the middle position.

 

[Stratoman10]

Bridge, but not by much over neck

 

[StratoMutt]

All of them.

I can do all of them at once with the blender. A neat trick. I put the blender in the middle.

 

[Bowmap]

I can do all of them at once with the blender. A neat trick. I put the blender in the middle.

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That is what I mean. All of them and ALL of them.

S-1 Switch Up:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Middle Pickup and Inside Coil of Bridge Humbucking Pickup in Parallel (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup in Parallel (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control

S-1 Switch Down:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 3. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck and Middle Pickups that are Paired in Series (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 4. Inside Coil of Bridge Pickup Paired in Series with Neck Pickup, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Middle Pickup in Series with Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)

S-1 down and #3 or 4.

 

[Scott Baxendale]

I like the neck best and the middle/bridge second best. I don’t use the bridge by itself very often.