If you own a Fender Stratocaster, you\u2019ve probably already delved into the difference between the pickups. The neck pickup has a warmer and smoother tone, whereas the bridge pickup sounds brighter and sharper. Then there\u2019s the middle pickup, containing the mid range, and if you listen to the tone of most guitarists that you see playing a Strat, you\u2019ll quickly surmise that the middle pickup is probably the most overlooked pickup of the Strat.
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I believe that most of us guitarists are underutilizing the Stratocaster, and that\u2019s in part due to the pickup section. Most of my life, I only played around the high and low ends of the guitar. Only as of recently have I discovered my love for the middle section, and you shouldn\u2019t sleep on it either!
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The middle pickup has all of the clarity, brilliance, focus, punchiness, and the best of both worlds of your neck and bridge pickup, right there in the middle! It has that same sound that I hear when Jerry Garcia or John Mayer steps out in front of the band. That mid-range honk is a splendid thing to behold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n