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I never use the mid/neck one - and rarely use the bridge one either - but it seems a more logical set-up than the standard vintage version.
Prefer a Strat wired with Tone neck + tone bridge so no tone on the middle - On hi-ish gain settings I like to trim any fizzy highs off the bridge pick up with the vol and/or tone pot - subtle but effective tweak
Though to be honest my Strat with the EMG SA set just has a single volume knob installed in the outer tone knob position so it can’t get knocked, I don’t use the tone controls with those pickups at all so just removed them
But then I don't gig, it's probably not a useable sound in that context.
Mine is wired so that Tone 1 is the neck and Tone 2 is the bridge, my middle pickup has no tone control until it's in position 4 with the bridge where it shares that tone control.
I'd use the neck tone control and I'd definitely miss it if it was gone.
Come to think of it I actually use the tone controls quite a lot, especially on my EMG loaded RG. I'll EQ the amp/fx in the GT100 just for this guitar and set the master tone at around 6-7 and then use 10 as a way to "Cut-Through" a little, along with an 18v mod on the wiring soon to be done and setting it all up at volume 7 so that volume 10 is a boost.
I used to run everything on 10 until I realised that my hearing is shit and professionals know more than me so when one told me to try this, I found a metric ton more variation in everything I played than ever before.
My hearing is still shit but I know it all sounds quite different.
At some point, I might achieve "Good".
you can thank me later
For me, no.
I choose to have the upper Tone pot for the neck pickup and the lower Tone pot for the the two. That way, I can have the rolled off effect on a Bluesy neck pickup sound one moment then, flip the selector switch to a bright sound from another pickup or combination.
Having said this, habits learned on a Telecaster mean that I can operate the switch and master tone pot fairly swiftly.
Yep, often adjust the neck tone. I've also modded the other tone control to work on middle and bridge. Very useful tweak.
Bridge yes, neck never.
This is how my Strat is wired, No.2 mod wiring from the Custom Shop or something like that. It has treble bleed on the volume plus "greasebucket" on the treble pickup tone control. Standard tone control on the neck/middle. I like how both tone controls can be used on the bridge/middle inbetween sound. Rolling each one back has a different affect on the tone.
I mainly keep the neck pickup tone control on 10 but may occasionally knock it back to 8/9 just to reel in any spikiness. I will roll back the bridge to 5/6 to thicken a driven tone though.
Would allow the bridge to be adjusted separately and also leave the option of having no tone if wanted
Off topic but I wouldn't actually recommend the blender knob as it's inconvenient and cumbersome.