Nice, I have the HSS version - Killer guitar, enjoy it!!
There it is - my first Fender at the young age of 63!
Nice, I have the HSS version - Killer guitar, enjoy it!!
- Lev
Main Guitars: Fender US Deluxe HSS Strat, PRS SE C24, Fender Baja Tele
Bass Guitar: Squier VM Jaguar Special
Main Amp: Vox AC15
Main Effects: Digitech EXP-7, Line6 M5, Soul Food, Sub n UP, Flashback, Polara Verb
Vids: www.youtube.com/levguitar
I have Guitar ENVY great axe enjoy!
Maxi...................
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Guitars: 2010 American Special HSS Strat, 2010 CIC Squire CV ThinLine Tele, & 2006 MIM FSR Strat.
Basses: 1979 Peavey T-40, 2007 Ibanez SR 500, 2013 Ibanez SR375F, 2013 CIJ Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee VI, & 2014 Sadowsky Will Lee Metro V
Amps: Mesa Boogie BASS STRATEGY:Eight:88, Aguliar DB 4X12, Augilar DB 751, Genz Benz CTR500-210T/Focus 1X15 CAB, Fender Hot Rod Deville 410, VHT Deliverance 60/VHT 2X12 fat Bottom Cab, & VOX DA20
Effects: Boss ME-25, MXR Custom Baddass 78, MXR Custom Baddass modified O.D., Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator, MXR Phase 90, MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe/Octave Deluxe/Bass Compressor/Envelope Filter/, Way Huge Pork Loin
Kind of a late start but congratulations. That looks sweet!Originally Posted by EnglishJW
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
You definitely got a super great Fender as your first. That Deluxe sounds great if it's anything like the one I played a few weeks ago.
I just got a brand new Fender American Stratocaster sss. It sounds really good but way different than the Deluxe.
Duffy
South Williamsport, Pa.
"So let us stop talking falsely now, the hour's getting late." (as by JH)
Congrats. I have the HSS version which is one of my favorites. It really is a beautiful, solid instrument. I'm sure you will be very happy together!
Nice! Congrats!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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I am curious as to why some of us choose SSS (myself and Duff for example) while others of us (Lev & syo) opted for HSS. Anyone willing to share some comments? My long time love of the Fender Stratocaster goes way back (I played keyboards in bands starting from the 7th grade and loved Telecasters and Jazzmasters as well). On the other hand, I would think the HSS configuration offers a host of new tonal possibilities. I never really made this comparison myself. I would love to hear from some of you who did.
I prefer HSS because I don't much care for the Strat bridge tone. I much prefer a humbucker there. A Tele is a different story.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
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"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
With the sss configuration you get three distinct single coil pups and get the combination of the bridge and the middle, which can be very useful and great sounding.
The single coil bridge pup on a lot of strats is hotter than the other pickup positions and really rips for blues, etc.
Plus it is sort of conventional to have the sss on a strat, whereas the HSS and HSH and HH combinations are hot rodded, superstrat versions of the typical design.
Some people want a humbucker guitar so they get the HSS.
Duffy
South Williamsport, Pa.
"So let us stop talking falsely now, the hour's getting late." (as by JH)
Well for me, I already had a standard SSS so it was to try something a little different. I basically agree with Duff's comments about the differences between the configurations. I like both equally depending on my mood. To me though, the 100% "real" strat sound is SSS. BTW I would never put a humbucker in a Tele though. For some reason that strikes me as sacriligious...Originally Posted by EnglishJW
Sweet looking Strat , English. What were you playing before this?
For the last year or so I've been pretty obsessed with Bill Frisell, who plays Jazz/Americana, and in my opinion is a guitar God, and plays MOSTLY Tele, MOSTLY with a Humbucker.Originally Posted by syo
But I hear you.....Imagine lipsticks on an LP!!!
One of my favorite guitars is my Peavey Generation EX Vintage tele that has the standard bridge type tele pup and a nickel plated humbucker in the neck. This guitar sounds really great and looks great too. It has a great feel and sound to it.
Duffy
South Williamsport, Pa.
"So let us stop talking falsely now, the hour's getting late." (as by JH)
For me the bridge pickup on a strat is probably the one I use the least. So when I bought my Deluxe I opted for a HSS so I could get a wider range of tones. Of course the 2 single coils are then wound a bit hotter to match the humbucker but I don't have any problems coaxing tradition strat tones out of this guitar. But if I have a metal moment the humbucker will do a good job on the heavier stuff too.
- Lev
Main Guitars: Fender US Deluxe HSS Strat, PRS SE C24, Fender Baja Tele
Bass Guitar: Squier VM Jaguar Special
Main Amp: Vox AC15
Main Effects: Digitech EXP-7, Line6 M5, Soul Food, Sub n UP, Flashback, Polara Verb
Vids: www.youtube.com/levguitar
Thanks for the replies. Personally, I just tend to think of different guitars when I want a humbucker sound.