Quote Originally Posted by Justaguyin_nc
5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Neck and Bridge Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup

Would this be about the same as this mod wiring?
Not really very comparable. This Classic Player 50's wiring adds the bridge & neck combo while dropping the neck & middle combo, so it's a substitution, not an addition. Personally, that seems like a nice tradeoff to me, since I find the neck-middle position to be the least useful of the 5 stock pickup choices. The bridge-neck should have more bite to it, I'd expect. One drawback is that it wouldn't be hum-cancelling, since the winding/polarity of the neck and bridge p'ups are the same.

Also, since you're still going through the 5-way switch and not using any special switch wiring, I would assume that the bridge & neck combo will have the two p'ups in parallel, as the 5-way Strat switch typically works. This will make for less power & fullness of tone than the "in series" combination you get from the wiring mod I did. You'd end up with more of that "quack" character to this pickup setting, I would think.

With the Strat Lover's wiring mod, you still get all 5 stock Strat tones plus 6 new ones, though a couple are of questionable usefulness. So it's a much more significant tonal upgrade, IMO, than what this Classic Player 50's wiring offers.