— Mike Stringer (Spiritbox)
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). young guitar magazine pdf
If you don't read Japanese, use a phone app (like Google Lens) to translate the text in real-time. The technical explanations of why a certain fingering is used are often as valuable as the tab itself. — Mike Stringer (Spiritbox) Leo Fender got it