Positions?

[Cranium]

Hey there guys, I'm not a big expert on pickups (or anything else actually) but as I understand, the bridge pickup is supposed to provide better treble, while the neck pickup gives nice round bass, so I'm curious, what does the middle pickup do, provide better mids?

 

[Plank_Spanker]

In short - yes, but more due to it's location under the strings, and I'll assume that you're talking about single coils.

A lot of middle pickups (in sets) are reverse wound to aid in hum cancellation. The cool part of three singles is that you can get a huge variety of tone based on your choice of pickups.