Hello, All,

Time for Tom's silly question of the day!!!

I'll preface with the facts again. I just purchased, in the last week or so, a Stagg G300 GC. I love the guitar!!! Sadly, I very rarely get to plug it into my amp (an old Dean Markley) to practice because I usually practice when the kids are napping or everyone is asleep (Man I need some headphones). So yesterday I got to spend some quality time with the axe plugged in.

Here's where the question comes in. I began with both pickups active, then tried the front, then the back. The front pickup gave me a really cool, fat sound (I'm not sure what the parlance is, so I hope it's clear what I mean). It especially sounded cool with the drive switch on on the amp, given a really nice sound, fuzzy but not to overly distorted (again, probably the wrong parlance, hope my meaning is clear). I also liked the sound of both pickups on, still had a full sound, but the back pickup mellowed it out. When I tried the back pickup alone, though, it sounded REALLY anemic!

I'm sophisticated enough to figure that is because right up next to the neck I'm getting a lot of vibration from the strings, whereas by the bridge that vibration is constricted. I guess my curiosity is, do you ever use the rear pickup alone, or is that mainly there to mellow out the front? When would you use the different pickups? Basically, I'm curious as to how to get the best sounds out of my instrument at different times.

I'm looking forward to hearing some of the experts comment on this.

Peace,
Tom