HSS strat #2 position

[Sam SG]

So finished restoring my old beat up strat.
It has a DiMarzio super in the bridge and 2 vintage output Fender singles.
Im loving the late 70s early 80s hard rock the bridge gives. And the middle has kinda a Kenny Wayne Sheperdish tone. 1 3 4 and 5 sound good.
BUT!!! The number 2 position sounds like a toe down wah. Pretty useless unless I wanna play Stevie Wonder very superstisious.
Is there a way to fix that?? Perhaps reverse phase of one of the pups?
It is NOT a rw/rp middle pup

 

[Artie]

On HSS, I like the #2 position to auto-split the humbucker. That should provide very close to SSS #2 position tone. And, it can be done with the standard 5-way.

Another option would be to have the #2 position be: split humbucker, in series with the middle single, for a slightly "wider" bridge humbucker tone. That would require a Superswitch.

 

[jeremy]

sounds like out of phase in pos 2? im guessing your old sd doesnt have 4 wire? if it does, flip hot and ground and see if that fixes the issue.

you can also do the auto split artie is talking about, but id sort phase first

 

[Sam SG]

Yea its an old one. Only hot/ground and a sheild so no split.
So ya think swap hot and ground on the Super? Will that effect its tone by itself? Cause it sounds killer in 1 position.

 

[jeremy]

it wont hurt the position 1 sound

 

[Mincer]

You could always switch out the switch and make that position the neck and bridge instead of middle and bridge (assuming the issue isn't a phase issue).