The bridge pickup sitting closer to the neck is a Mike Lewis thing, he did that to the Electromatic Gretsch guitars too. (I'm a little suprised too, because Mike's a strat guy, so he obiously likes thinner and twangy)
I blame that entirely on the SRV craze of the mid-late '90s. Totally disregard all the bright, percussive Fender sounds of so many classic recordings from Buddy Holly, Otis Rush, BB King, Gatemouth Brown, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, The Beach Boys, heck, even Gibson stuff from the likes of Chuck Berry. It's all gone "fat," to the point that a lot of hack guitarists are befuddled by a nice cutting bridge tone. These are guys that don't know to leave the bass knob under "3" at all times on BF Fenders.
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