The three-position (or three-way) toggle switch is typically used on a twin-pickup guitar selecting either or both combined in parallel. The lever switch in its basic form again offers three positions but is more flexible, and used on the single-pickup Esquire, two-pickup Telecaster or three-pickup Stratocaster, for example.
Its two-pole design also means various more tricky wiring hook-ups are possible. Of course, back in the day, Strat players found they could jam the three-position lever switch in the famous in-between positions and the five-position lever was born. More recently the four-position lever became a neat Tele mod – adding the two pickups in series in the extra position – while a six-position lever can be used to add neck and bridge in parallel, like a Tele, to a Stratocaster’s classic five sounds.
The even more versatile four-pole Super switch gives ultimate versatility to the five-position lever switch, especially when it’s combined with a secondary switch such as Fender’s S-1 push-switch. Elsewhere, Schaller’s various Megaswitches simplify that concept with three- or five-positions. But by far the most common switches remain the five-position lever and three-position toggle.
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