Switch in the Middle Position

[ch willie]

My Std. Faded sounds so great for rhythm when the switch is in the middle. Right amount of bass, right amount of treble. Great for arpeggios.

Any love for that middle position in the regular Stds? Any other Std. Faded lovers out there that notice how great it sounds?

 

[griffbones]

My Std. Faded sounds so great for rhythm when the switch is in the middle. Right amount of bass, right amount of treble. Great for arpeggios.

Any love for that middle position in the regular Stds? Any other Std. Faded lovers out there that notice how great it sounds?

The middle position is my favorite clean sound with my R8, so warm and smooth, yet sassy.
The woman tone, absolutely beautiful IMHO.

 

[roycaster]

Since I switched over to the ‘50s wiring, I pretty much leave it in the middle and just add or remove a little neck or bridge pick up as needed.

 

[Mars Hall]

Since I switched over to the ‘50s wiring, I pretty much leave it in the middle and just add or remove a little neck or bridge pick up as needed.

+1

 

[sonar]

Love it on my Faded!

 

[Doc Sausage]

Very Page-like in my opinion.

 

[Minibucker]

The middle position is where I do about all of my rhythm, and where much of my leads either stay or start....LP's, Teles and Strats alike. I always felt that's where the true character of the guitar's sound lies, with the single positions being the extreme ends for extra emphasis.

But 50's wiring did add another cool lead tone to my palette, a la turning the neck volume back a bit in the middle position...sort of a 'fat-treble' middle tone.

 

[snag]

I'm in the middle position about 85% of the time, bridge tone at 10 and neck tone at 2-3. I roll off the neck volume for tone control, sitting alot at 7 or 8. With everything on 10, the neck volume rolls like a mini wah between 7 and 10. It's a classic with 496r and 500t.

 

[Bluefinger]

I have my goldtop wired out of phase as I have most of my P90/humbucker guitars. The only Gibson type guitar I have wired in phase is my '64 Riviera and my 335. For some reason I like the sound of a single pickup better. For the jump blues stuff we do the out of phase tone comes in handy.

 

[micgtr71]

I used to be strictly rhythm or lead but find myself gravitating more to the middle position. Especially since I got my 65 deluxe reverb. The guitar just sounds great in that position through that amp.

 

[Minibucker]

I used to be strictly rhythm or lead but find myself gravitating more to the middle position. Especially since I got my 65 deluxe reverb. The guitar just sounds great in that position through that amp.

I'll second that as a DR user...and on Fender blackface-ish amps in particular the middle position really shines.

 

[bongo122819]

I did a search for "50's wiring" and came up with nothing.
What is 50's wiring on a Les Paul?

 

[Minibucker]

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The older, original style in which the vintage Les Pauls' pots/caps were wired, along with audio taper pots. Some prefer it, but it may not be for everyone.

 

[rockpit]

Best tone when toggled to the middle, with Timbuckers in my CR7! Gotta back off from '10' though, on volume as well as tone. The 'Honk' is there!

 

[RNELEE]

When I had my Faded LP Special with 490/498's I would blend the pickups. I am slowly going that direction with my newer Special with P 90,s. I still very much like the neck pickup when I want a thicker darker sound.

 

[Edward]

+1

I love the neck-only tone of my Faded. Set my boogie "clean" channel always with a bit of hair around the edges for a lovely round tone with a crisp top end. But when I want to clean up even further, I switch to the middle position. Bam! Not only does the parallel load clean up the furr, I can roll back either pup and bias more of this or less of that. It's a position I love for good clean playing, especially more open songs with more space (great with extra reverb or mild chorus).

Edward

 

[ch willie]

Edward, I couldn't say it better.

I just realized that I've had my Std. Faded for almost 5 years. It needs a setup to lower the action a bit, but damn is it a great sounding guitar.

 

[mikeslub]

I'm mostly a middle position guy also, blending the volumes to taste. :hank

 

[Black58]

No Standard/Fadeds here, but my R8s spend at least half their time "in the middle". .. LOVE it! :yah

 

[Classicplayer]

I think in most of Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" Page was using the middle position quite a bit, at least at Knebworth '79 concert. Does anyone know how Page went about setting the volumes on his guitar when he was using that middle position? I don't hear a lot
of Les Paul players using it these days........

Classicplayer