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Strat rock
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Strat rock
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08/28/2001 7:29 pm
my guitar has a humbucker and 2 single coils but I want to know what the pick up selector does and what pickups it selects thanx
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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
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08/29/2001 1:41 am
Its usually like this:

1. Bridge
2. Bridge & Middle (out-of-phase)
3. Middle
4. Middle & Neck (out-of-phase)
5. Neck
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Bardsley
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08/29/2001 4:15 am
Just to clarify, the 1. on Lordathestrings' list is when the switch is furthest back from the neck, and 5 is when the switch is closest to the neck.
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Strat rock
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08/30/2001 5:19 am
thanx
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08/30/2001 7:23 pm
ehmm.. what is out of phase exactly?
my english is not so good..
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but i know better.
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Lordathestrings
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08/31/2001 3:03 am
Rather than cut and paste the whole explanation, I'm going to ask you to take a look at another thread on this website.

http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2021

You're welcome!
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