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The image is iconic: a beaten sunburst Stratocaster. But look closer at the pickguard of your favorite 90s rocker or modern metal guitarist. Chances are, that single-coil in the bridge position has been swapped for a fat, ceramic humbucker. Welcome to the world of (Humbucker-Single-Single). young guitar magazine pdf

In this month’s Tech Lab , we are ditching the noise and boosting the gain. We will show you how to install a 5-way Super Switch to retain your quacky position 2 & 4 tones while unleashing a bridge pickup that can chug. Leo Fender got it right in the 50s, but by the late 80s, guitarists needed two things: the clarity of a neck single-coil for cleans, and the brute force of a humbucker for riffs. The problem? Slapping a standard humbucker into a Strat usually kills the "cluck" in position 2 (Bridge + Middle). But look closer at the pickguard of your