3 Seymour Duncan lil Humbuckers for Strat question

[hazmat33]

I have 2 Lil 59's on the way-one neck and one bridge--for my Strat (USA, maple neck/board).

I have 2 pups sitting here: a cool rails (mid/neck) and a JB jr (bridge). I didn't care for the JB in the bridge.

Which one would you put in the middle? Any other recommendations? I've been told to check out the Duckbucker.

I will probably try both but thought I would ask the experts that may have tried this setup already. I'm not much of a Strat guy but I can't sell this guitar as my wife bought it for me when we were still dating. I play bluesy-rootsy-jammy rock. No metal on this one.



thanks,
matt

[scolfax]

Personally I'd just put a reverse-wound single coil in the middle. That way you can get a single-coil tone out of your guitar and some quack too.

[Amplite]

Try the cool rails wound in parallel - I think you'll like it. Had enough quack for me and good balance.
Duckbucker will of course give a little more quack.
Scolfax's single coil suggestion will give up the most quack but won't balance as well. But having a single coil in position 3 is real cool.
The question is Quack or Balance?

[silentbob]

I really like the duckbucker in one of my strats, but you will have a volume balance issue with it. The balance between it and my lil demons is pretty obvious. I would probably put the cool rail in the middle.

[hazmat33]

I think I'll try the cool rails first

any other ideas?