during years I also thought that it was the middle PU only
but when listening again after long discussions with Ingo, I agree with him that middle only would have sound sharper than what we hear on the record
of course we will never know for sure
The middle pickup only has sharper sound. That's for sure.
But a little of compression and EQ solves this "problem".
I have a extremely poorly played test of sound here...
Using Middle Pickup only.
and remember that in 91-92 and 96, Mark played Sultans on middle+neck on the Pensa-Suhr (mostly because he didn't want to use the bridge humbucker PU on this song I guess)
You're right.
He played Why Worry using bridge-middle pickups and its sounded harsh.
My dear friend Brunno Nunes and i are always discussing about tone.
As a guitar player, my sound is always changing. New pedals, guitars, amps, cables...
With MK was not different. He always tried new gear into his sound.
The Boogies, Marshalls, effects rack, pickups, guitars, cables, wireless transmiters... And we (myself and Brunno) always remember ourselves that Mark was not pursuind vintage tones, he was on a modern form of his tone.
Those Schecters was difinitely not regular strats.