Question for you dual HB players

[misterwhizzy]

I’m assuming standard wiring for this question. No splitting coils, etc. What do you use the middle position for?

 

[Mincer]

Like...what kind of music? Or what does the center position do?

 

[Supernautilus]

Usually just for clean stuff. It really depends. Some HH combos sound good in the middle and some not so much.

 

[orpheo]

I’m assuming standard wiring for this question. No splitting coils, etc. What do you use the middle position for?

If you get the right pickups, the middle position can quack just fine, so I use it for that. It's a slightly honky, hollow tone.

 

[Chistopher]

Depends on the guitar. Sometimes it's a slightly rolled off sounding neck position, sometimes it's almost like a Tele middle position but with humbuckers. I usually use it when I'm playing almost entirely clean.

 

[misterwhizzy]

I switch basically between neck with the volume rolled down for cleans, and bridge for crunch. I just never, ever, ever use the middle position, and I'm wondering what uses people here have for it.

 

[Securb]

I have a phase switch on a few of my guitars, so my middle position gets used occasionally with my classic rock band. Outside of that, I never use the middle. It is 98% bridge with my metal band and 98% neck if I am playing blues, jazz, or something clean.

 

[Artie]

Keeping in mind that I'm not a performing musician, and just a "bedroom" player, I almost always use the middle position. It's a nice balance between the bridge treble and neck warmth. Just seems to be more harmonically rich to my ears.

P.S. I don't think I've ever seen a musician on a YT vid use that position.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I use the middle position exclusively when I have accidentally bumped the toggle switch.

 

[Seashore]

I really like the middle position on some of my guitars for a throaty rock distortion. I haven't been able to dial it in successfully to do everything I want but it's a great sound. Also got some beautiful hi-fi cleans, especially when my LP had the JB hybrid and Jazz neck. That was an awesome combo.

 

[Mincer]

I switch pickups a lot, and usually I use both when I don't want the signal to hit the amp as hard as the bridge pickup, but the 'throaty' sound of the neck pickup won't work.

 

[jeremy]

i played on stage with two bands last night using the same guitar and backline fender blues deluxe amp, straight in. guitar is a washburn wms with a seth set, think sg. i used the middle position for 50-60% of the time, just adjusting volumes and tones to taste. amp was set so it was blues rock distorted when the guitar volume was full up, but cleaned up plenty when the volumes were rolled back down. theres magic in that type of setup. at times, one volume would be on 1 and one would be on 3 to get a spanky clean sound, but just having a bit of both pups gives it a different flavor than one pup by itself