I've noticed that on just about every Youtube video I've watched that most people use only the bridge pup for leads and even rythm so much so I wonder why they spend the money on 2 and 3 pickup guitars. When playing leads I use the neck and middle pups mostly so I can get a more weeping violin tone and it doesn't pierce the eardrums with treble like so many seem to prefer these days.Am I the only one in my boat or are there others who realize that guitars have more than one pickup?

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All three, but I'm partial to the neck......... Mike

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Bridge and mid for me.

I always thought the majority of strat players used the neck pickup.

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When I need to cut and/or slash, it's the bridge.

But for a heavier creamy vibe it's the neck with the tone control bled all the way down -- sometimes mixed with the middle for that spanky honk. Neck pickups aren't usually wound as hot as the bridge but that's where my Fulltone OCD comes in handy.

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Mainly the neck, but I use all three. I don't like the in between positions as much, but I find use for them too. Especially in the funk department.

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i use my bridge for chunky distorted stuff, my neck for solos or anything high on the fretboard, and my middle/neck for clean bluesy stuff. if i want a strictly rythmic sound for backup guitar or something i use position two with the middle pickups tone turned down

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I like my tone like my women. Full round bottom, sweet and clean but can get as dirty as I desire.

I almost never use just thr bridge pick up. Every other combo I do use.

I use 3 settings: Bridge and mid in series, bridge and neck in parallel, and neck only. I use these 3 just about equally. My middle and bridge pickups are switched for noise canceling the bridge and neck in parallel.

I have two P90 soapbars on my Telecaster. I tend to use the neck and bridge/neck positions. They are both very creamy which is a tone that I prefer.

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i agree about the p90s i have some in my agile and the bridge on its own is too harsh

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I like my tone like my women. Full round bottom, sweet and clean but can get as dirty as I desire.

I love the neck pickup on my Strat....but I mess with all of 'em depending on how I'm feelin'.

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I rotate through, the pickups. I probably land mostly on the middle position for rhythms and especially any clean guitar. Bridge mostly for big power chords and definitely using a lot of different positions for solos. Not too big on the fourth position on my Blackout Tele, I never use it.

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I tend to play around with different pickups on different guitars, but I do prefer the neck pickup.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

I favor neck. But have the tendency to go to bridge. Probably bad habit from lessons.

As mentioned by others: you can prevent the painfull treble by EQ your amp.

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