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Ok, let's continue with the "I wonder why" topics...
So, being a hard rock/metal player, in my whole life the only 2 pickups I've ever used were: NECK and BRIDGE (mostly bridge).
Now, personally I like the 3 way toggle switch because it has less room for error when selecting a pickup, but, honestly I NEVER use the middle position...
Same goes for those 5 way switching blades on Strats and Ibanez. I mean, as I said, probably it has to do with the fact that I play hard rock and metal, but, again, I always had the switch either at the bridge or at the neck.
For me, the more switching options it had the worse it was because sometimes I found myself sounding like "sheet" and it was because I didn't throw the blade long enough so it was in the "bridge, bridge, middle" or some crap.
In MY opinion, the switching options that most guitars have come from the fact that back in the day most electric guitar sounds where obtained by the guitar itself, I mean, effects weren't around much and amps pretty much where just a clean channel (I mean the 50's and so on). So If you check out guitars from the 50's or 60's you'll see that they have TONS of switches and knobs, like, check a Fender Jaguar or Mustang and even the Gibsons had this rotary swtiches with chicken head knobs. Basically I think that it was all used to provide different tones, but my guess is that, then again, they mostly used the bridge and the neck pickup...
Nowadays you can get almost any tone you want just by adjusting the volume knob and well, the amp and the effects. So usually you will find yourself in this position: "ok, I need a nice lead creamy tone because I'm playing some leads on the high notes of my fretboard = neck pickup" or "I need a screaming raw crunchy tone = bridge pickup" and for most in-between sounds, you just roll off the volume knob or some people will actually use the tone knobs as well.
NOW, I know that SOME people use the middle position or stuff like to get some particular sounds specially for clean or crunchy tones, specially on Strats and stuff like that, OK, it may work, but let's be honest, most of the time when we play around with the guitar and play with the pickup selector switch you'll find the middle position and play some clean riffs ('cause distorted ones don't sound as great that way) and say to yourself "sounds different, kinda nice"... but, that's about it, then, you'll just use the bridge or neck pup.
Am I right? Or am I totally crazy?
I'd love to have 2 way selector switches in my guitars...
So, being a hard rock/metal player, in my whole life the only 2 pickups I've ever used were: NECK and BRIDGE (mostly bridge).
Now, personally I like the 3 way toggle switch because it has less room for error when selecting a pickup, but, honestly I NEVER use the middle position...
Same goes for those 5 way switching blades on Strats and Ibanez. I mean, as I said, probably it has to do with the fact that I play hard rock and metal, but, again, I always had the switch either at the bridge or at the neck.
For me, the more switching options it had the worse it was because sometimes I found myself sounding like "sheet" and it was because I didn't throw the blade long enough so it was in the "bridge, bridge, middle" or some crap.
In MY opinion, the switching options that most guitars have come from the fact that back in the day most electric guitar sounds where obtained by the guitar itself, I mean, effects weren't around much and amps pretty much where just a clean channel (I mean the 50's and so on). So If you check out guitars from the 50's or 60's you'll see that they have TONS of switches and knobs, like, check a Fender Jaguar or Mustang and even the Gibsons had this rotary swtiches with chicken head knobs. Basically I think that it was all used to provide different tones, but my guess is that, then again, they mostly used the bridge and the neck pickup...
Nowadays you can get almost any tone you want just by adjusting the volume knob and well, the amp and the effects. So usually you will find yourself in this position: "ok, I need a nice lead creamy tone because I'm playing some leads on the high notes of my fretboard = neck pickup" or "I need a screaming raw crunchy tone = bridge pickup" and for most in-between sounds, you just roll off the volume knob or some people will actually use the tone knobs as well.
NOW, I know that SOME people use the middle position or stuff like to get some particular sounds specially for clean or crunchy tones, specially on Strats and stuff like that, OK, it may work, but let's be honest, most of the time when we play around with the guitar and play with the pickup selector switch you'll find the middle position and play some clean riffs ('cause distorted ones don't sound as great that way) and say to yourself "sounds different, kinda nice"... but, that's about it, then, you'll just use the bridge or neck pup.
Am I right? Or am I totally crazy?
I'd love to have 2 way selector switches in my guitars...
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