Strat Elite Wiring, or a more traditional wiring?

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So my first strat (a cheap knock off that I love so dearly) has been going through multiple transformations, and I'm going to go through another soon. It started off as an HSS and was cosmetically modded, then I threw in a Super Distortion/PAF Pro combo, and now I want to go SSS. I'm getting my parts from GFS. The pickups are going to be the overwound greybottoms, but I can't decide if I should go with the Strat Elite wiring (Vol,Tone,Tone,3 mini switches with on/out of phase/off), or a 3-way blade (wired like a tele;neck/neck and bridge/bridge) with master volume, master tone, and a middle pickup blend knob.

What say ye Strat aficionados?

 

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Re: Strat Elite Wiring, or a more traditional wiring?

The crazy wiring is good to figure out what combinations you really like. Then you can just get a Superswitch and wire up the combinations you want. You can even use the Superswitch to bring tone controls in and out. (It's four poles, each pole has five positions.

Personally, I've found I gravitate toward a pretty simple scheme:
1.Bridge
2.Bridge + Mid
3.Bridge + Neck
4.Neck + Mid
5.Neck

-Master Volume
-Tone: Neck/Mid
-Tone: Bridge

Vintage style Neck/Mid slightly hotter bridge pickups