For $12 , I'd go for it ! I have one with the mogul 3-way in the center and 2 other with the medium base 3-way in the center . Honestly , you'll find that the center lamp rarely gets used as the 3 surrounding lights provide more than enough light by themselves . I found a 3-way mogul lamp locally :
https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5206&pos=9&pid=211795 I have 60w equivalent LED's in the side sockets .