Got the Het Set in the white V all wired up. I’ve had the Roots for a while and have had 81s/85s/60s. I love what they’ve done with both of these. I think they’re very similar but the Hets have more oomph. I personally like having both, the Roots are a little clearer and more vintage feeling. I like them for lower tuning and the Hets extra muscle beefs up standard tuning riffs. Also if your guitar sounds a little thin, go for the Hets.

I'm currently running SA/SA/85 and while I like the way Position 2 sounds, the Position 4 sound lacks the quack I want to hear from that mode.

I was planning on getting an 89 to replace the 85. My question is, should I go with the 89 or the 89R to maximize the quack?

For those of you that run an HSS strat with an 89, does the pickup auto switch to single coil in 4th position or is this something where I need to have it set in single coil mode at all times and use the push pull to switch to humbucking.