Which PU or Combinations of Do You Use Most?

[arcaxis]

This most likely depends alot on the style of what you're playing.
On my Strat I seem to use the bridge and neck PU's mostly and not much in between. The middle PU sees a little bit of use occasionally and combinations of neck/middle or bridge/middle hardly ever. If the middle PU wasn't there I probably wouldn't miss it much.
On the LP type with humbuckers I tend to use the bridge PU about 60% and the neck 40%. Again I don't use a combination of the two PU's much.
Tone controls on either the Strat or LP are just left wide open.

[ericlingus]

I own a schecter c1 xxx guitar with two humbuckers and a coil tap knob. I use the bridge humbucker for metal rhythm sounds, the neck for metal leads. I use the coil tap in the neck position for clean and some lead sounds, with a combination of the neck and bridge PUs with the coil tap for clean sounds as well. I'll sometimes use the bridge PU with the coil tap for dirty non metal sounds. So I really use all of them. I've been experimenting a lot with that. I'll use both pickups with the coil tap and turn the bridge PU volume knob half way off or just use one PU with it rolled back a little.. I also roll back the tone knob sometimes.

[scrubs]

This is why I play a tele.

[Slowrider]

Just turn the pots up full and blast away!

[Track Rat]

It seems on all my guitars, single pole or humbucker, I prefere the neck pickup. It just sounds creamier to me.

[travelin travis]

if i'm just playing for me, i always use the neck pickup (strat). the neck pickup sounds round and expressive to me. playing out in bars, i tend to use neck, middle, neck/middle, and bridge depending on the song. all single coil. i don't use the tone control but the volume control gets a work out when playing out.

[kojdogg]

With my primary guitar, a Hamer USA Archtop (like a DC LP) I use the neck (Joe Barden HB) for leads and the bridge (also a JB HB) for rhythm. I also have a G&L Legacy (strat-like) that I use the same way (neck is a bridge SD JB Jr.; bridge is a Fender Red Lace Sensor (ugh-- regretable decision in the early 90's I have yet to rectify). Almost never use the middle or notches on the G&L, occasionally use the notch on the Hamer, but only if I'm feelin da funk.

[metalhead28]

I play 2 humbucker guitars.
For distorted rhythms, I normally use the bridge pickup.
For clean rhythms, I normally use the center position.
For clean melodies, I might use either or both depending on what I'm after.
For agressive leads I use the bridge pickup, for smoother leads or arpeggio stuff I use the neck pickup. I also switch pickups alot while playing leads.
I rarely touch the tone knob. Sometimes I roll it back a little for an even smoother sound.

That's about it.

[legionserial]

Primarily use the bridge humbucker on both my guitars.
It depends on what music I'm playing.

However when I'm playing my strat I might use the neck (humbucker) for a kind of clean/dirty tone for more bluesy type stuff. For anything high gain or metally I always stick to the bridge.
For clean it really depends on what I'm looking for. More often than not nowadays I tend to use the neck for more clean mellow sounding stuff. If I'm whacking out some clean power chords I tend to go for the bridge as it feels a bit more...erm..."ker-chunky". I like the bridge pickup, clean, with maybe a little bit of dirt for more ska type stuff (not done that in a while). It really all depends on the sound I'm going for at the time.
I can't remember the last time I used the centre pickup for anything.
On my Ibanez I like to use the neck pickups for leads sometimes but really only sometimes.

[spector551]

My main guitar is a Talon it has a H/S/H set up. The bridge is a Super Distortion III, the middle is a classic Yngwie style Fender single coil, and the neck is an Evolution. What you have and where it is located plays a large role in the souds you will like. The rythms are screaming with the SDIII - but leads sound like total ass. Since the Talon has a 5 way selector, you can split pickups and make countless numbers of tone in different applications. Leads really come out with the Classic single coil in the mid position.... it's the awsome Yngwie solo sound. But playing the clean stuff splitting the Evolution and the classic has an awsomely crisp sound. You can go on and on if you have a good set of pick-ups and the ability to switch and split easily.