Slapping the pickup selector and/or the series/parallel switch, and/or the phase switch is likely to take a lot longer than simply moving your pick a few inches along the strings. I choose pickups that let me get a lot of different tones without having to mess around with the switches. I have no idea what the stock pickups are, on my Washburn A-20CS, but I get lots of variety just by changing my picking position or the pick attack. That hasn't stopped me from loading up on switchgear - I like having options. :) Both of my Yamaha SBG1000's have 4-wire DiMarzio humbuckers with Phase & S/P switching, and separate tone and volume pots for each pickup.