STRAT PLAYERS...What pick-up switch position do you use the most...

[semi-hollowbody]

...and what music do you play??
Clean or dirty??

 

[semi-hollowbody]

I picked bridge and middle...play a LOT of u2 with my strat...bridge is too noisy...
middle and middle/neck dont sound good dirty

 

[VaughnC]

I use the bridge, middle, & neck about equally. I don't care for the quacker positions but will use them if the song requires it to sound right. I've actually modified most of my Strats to replace neck+middle with neck+bridge, which I find more useful. I play mostly on the clean side of the spectrum.

 

[Tommy Biggs]

When I'm playing the Strat to get strat sounds it's the neck pickup for me, playing Semi-clean and fat.
I do have a HB in the Bridge of my strat that I use a lot - but I use that rather than switching guitars for HB tones.

 

[Harmolodics]

dont know if i could choose just one... I like neck and middle... also use just bridge too. I play alternative country/roots/blues and sort of shoegaze (not on stage lol)

 

[Lemonhand]

Usually the middle, but on my Clapton Stratocaster I prefer the bridge with some boost.

 

[sausagefingers]

Either of the 'in-betweens'....quack quack quack.

 

[laughingsam]

i use the neck mostly. i tend to play cleaner (or with a ts808 on minimal gain for some heft).

 

[Structo]

For clean tones I like the neck pup.
For lead or distortion tones I end up on the bridge pup.

With the tone control modded to control the bridge you can take off the ice pick and have good smooth tones.

As for the in between quack sounds, I like the 4th position in clean.

 

[GAT]

Usually the bridge (using the tone knob), then the bridge/middle, then the neck.

 

[Carbohydrates]

Neck alone, usually. I play with mid to moderate drive from a Fulltone OCD into a 2x10 Fender Vibrolux.

 

[jo2012]

I use 'em all. I alternate between clean and dirty and I usually play through a Fender-style amp

 

[Johnny21]

Sweet and juicy neck pickup for me

 

[Average Joe]

Middle is my default rhythm position, and in any band you play mostly rhythm.

 

[Scootch McGooch]

I go between the bridge/middle and neck usually. I play with a little grit, neither clean nor terribly distorted.

 

[monty]

B+M, I play rock, alt-rock.

 

[kleydj13]

The neck pickup on a strat is a fundamental reason why I play electric guitar

 

[big mike]

Usually the bridge (using the tone knob), then the bridge/middle, then the neck.

Ditto when I have a strat.

I've actually considered building one without a neck pickup.

 

[burns]

Middle 99% of the time - it's a sickness!

 

[VHS analog]

Bridge for dirty sounds (%80 of my playing time). Neck+middle for cleans. Everything else is middle.
I like the bridge+middle sound but it's way too overused, so I tend to avoid it.