Wait, that second statement is wrong too, the middle should be RWRP...
The second statement refers to the standard versions of the pickups, which are referred to as neck/middle/bridge, i.e. all the same. It's not talking about the packaged set.
RW/RP middle is optional when buying the pickups individually, in other words.
Buy a packaged set, and you don't get to choose to have a regular middle pickup. You get one RW/RP in the package.
It doesn't make sense to me that Duncan would wind a slightly overwound bridge pickup, but only supply it in sets. If they were doing that, they might as well just sell the SSL-1/2 as separate neck, middle, and bridge versions, and explain the main ways they can be configured: 1) Neck/neck/neck for true vintage style, 2) Neck/middle/neck for vintage style with 5-way switch hum canceling in positions 2 and 4. 3) Neck/middle/bridge for (2) with an overwound bridge, and 4) neck/neck/bridge for (1) with an overwound bridge.
Point being, I reckon the "bridge" version doesn't exist, and maybe never did. Because if it did, why on Earth wouldn't they be selling it separately, or at least marketing it with an accurate DCR?
The new product pages make this even more confusing. You can't just click on a pickup variant and go right to it. You need to select from drop-down menus, and the main description has to be used to speak about all variants of the pickup. Really cumbersome and potentially confusing.
Duncan needs to look at the DiMarzio site and learn a thing or three.
Also, I'll say it again: the Red Velvet makes the perfect slightly overwound Strat bridge pickup to go with two SSL-1s or SSL-2s. No reason to get stuck on having your guitar loaded with all Duncans. If they don't make what you want for the bridge spot, someone out there does.
