Please be telling me the absolute truth for you: which pickup do you usually select as your "happy place" if you had to pick one...

[smurfco]

Obviously different songs call for different tones, especially when switching from rhythm to lead. But you know what I'm talking about - are you a NECK PICKUP GUY or a BRIDGE PICKUP GUY??? (or girl)

No, there is no "I use both" or "it depends" option in the poll - DEAL WITH IT! You have to choose one, and I think you know already what you would choose, just go with your instinct! For example we all know @Chad is a BRIDGE PICKUP guy.

Me? I am a neck pickup guy. I will flip to the bridge for the occasional solo but I would say I spend about 80% of my time on the neck pickup by itself, maybe 10% with both pickups on, and 10% bridge pickup alone.

VOTE!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I am not trying to be a smart ass, but truly, middle position with 4 knob control, P90's is my happy place. Or my tele with P90 neck and fat sounding tele bridge, again, middle stacked. I want the fatness and warmth of the neck with a bit of bark and bite from the bridge. But I am just a home guy.

 

[Honkridge]

Mostly bridge. You can darken up a bridge pup by your attack/muting. That doesn't work as well on the neck...

 

[Knox in Box]

Middle pickup guy.

U fählded

 

[micwalt]

Bridge

 

[jp_nyc]

Neck pickup with the tone rolled at least halfway down. DOOMDOOMDOOOOOOOOM!

 

[Peen Simmons]

Neck is probably my default.

 

[Knox in Box]

To be truthful:
Mostly Neck and clean

 

[Bob411]

I like distortion. I love clean so, neck.

 

[smurfco]

there are more posters than votes. who is not voting

 

[Gary Blanchard]

there are more posters than votes. who is not voting

Let's call in Rudy. I smell voter fraud...

 

[Chicken Man]

Bridge. I'm not ever sure my neck pickup works anymore. Of course, I'm mostly acoustic so electric guitar is basically a special effect for me

 

[jrockbridge]

It depends on the guitar. If I'm playing an SSS Strat, you hold a gun to my head and tell me to pick one position, it's neck. If I'm playing an HH LP in the same type of scenario, I'll pick bridge.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

there are more posters than votes. who is not voting

in between/middle position was not an option.

 

[Motorik]

Neck for sure. I'm on the neck pickup most of the time, middle sometimes, and bridge rarely.

 

[Monson]

If I had to pick one, which it appears I do, I'd go with the bridge pickup. I need a fairly bright, twangy, jangly sound for the stuff I do.

 

[tiger roach]

My default is the middle position (on 2-pickup guitars). I like the bit of hollowness you get there.

Of the two "one or the other" positions, neck. That's what I voted. I like all the juicy overtones you get there. The bridge position is for specific things that demand bridge position. Like anything traversing troubled water. Or when you just gotta twang.

 

[Prages]

Bridge pickup about 90% of the time in the 5% of the time that I'm playing electric nowadays.

 

[Wyatt]

I voted neck pickup, but I have to caveat the exception if when I play my Tele.

 

[mongooz]

if i'm limited to the OP choices, then clearly front pickup.
but being 98% a strat player, i mostly am on the front/middle position (position 4 on the switch).