[lineboss58]

I have a 70s three pickup les paul and an old guitar mag review on it, a special humbucker was put into the middle position. I couldnt say exactly what without digging out the review, and yes that many pickups does have an effect on the strings. Cant say what they put on modern three pickup les pauls though. Just a mention to anyone who might be interested, I had the chance to try many years ago an old three pickup black beauty. It was wired in a strange manner you could have the neck pu on alone, you could have the middle pu on alone. In the centre selection you had the middle pickup on up to volume 8 then above that up to 10 you had the middle and bridge out of phase with each other!! you could not have the bridge pickup on its own. This guitar was totally origonal when I checked the serial number it turned out to be a 1966 one. Yes I know that les paul production stopped between 60 and 68 however you could custom order from kalamazoo a discontinued model and they would build it for you. My point is I wonder how many more are out there.