Strat Pickups, Middle RWRP or not?

[blackba]

For the strat guys out there, do you like to have the middle pickup Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity (RWRP) or not? I was reading on the gear page and some people thought RWRP changed the tone a bit in positions 2 and 4. Others thought there was no difference.

The canceling of noise would be nice with RWRP, but not at the expense of tone. So what do you guys prefer?

 

[Code001]

Reverse wound for me.

 

[chunktone]

Reverse wound for me.

+1 This gives you the classic strat sounds in positions 2 and 4.

 

[jmgman69]

Reverse wound for me.

 

[70strathead]

I prefer the reverse round in the middle so that you can cancel hum on 2nd and 4th position. However on my new 69's, they dont come with a reverse wound middle, so im dealing with it. : )

 

[MotorCityPickUps]

I like mine non- RWRP...Jimi's and countless others did'nt have that option. From a vintage purist standpoint....NON- rwrp. Go for what you like man!!

 

[blackba]

Reverse wound for me.

+1 This gives you the classic strat sounds in positions 2 and 4.

You should get the classic strat sounds in position 2 and 4 regardless of the middle being RWRP or not.

 

[Marshall Law]

I like mine non- RWRP...Jimi's and countless others did'nt have that option. From a vintage purist standpoint....NON- rwrp. Go for what you like man!!

they also only had a 3 way selector switch, no reason for reverse wound

 

[Jay Strange]

Or get the Suhr noisless backplate which you have to have
NON reverse wound to make it work correctly.
Highly reccomended!!

 

[badger71]

I like my Strats with an HSH or HS setup. If HSH, I really don't care since I prefer the 3 way switching ala Dave Murray/Kossoff Strat. That's just me though....and Dave....and Kossoff (RIP).

 

[blackba]

Or get the Suhr noisless backplate which you have to have
NON reverse wound to make it work correctly.
Highly reccomended!!

What is really strange is that Suhr offer their sets of 3 single coil pickups with the middle RWRP only. You have to buy them separately if you don't want the middle RWRP.