The Fat Strat Diet, HSS vs SSS

My MIM Deluxe Power Stratocaster had a humbucker pickup in the bridge. I wanted to A/B it with having a single coil instead.

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Music

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• Stratocaster
• HSS vs SSS
• Fat Strat Test
• Fender Stratocaster Demo

[rubycodez]

You are trading richness and beauty of tones you had at first for garish sound effects, kind of like choosing hype over substance.

[Moneyconspiracy]

@rubycodez Its always a matter of opinion. I don't like humbuckers in a strat. Despite the terrible quality of sound in teh vid, it sounded much better with SSS configuration.

[MultiPowerage]

1:30 gotta be the worst sound ever!

[Moneyconspiracy]

@MultiPowerage I'm not gonna argue. WAAAY too much reverb. too late to fix now cos I sold this guitar. 

[crisDAwog]

if you really like single coil warm sounds just use the neck pickup the bridge is better for higher gain and thickening out your tone i persoannly think the hss is briliant in its desighn us still have that nice warm single coil ton in the neck and the middle and the bridge for higher gain settings

[Moneyconspiracy]

@crisDAwog if there's one thing I learned from this is that HSS isn't bad, but putting in the wrong pickup combination leads to a guitar that isn't very versatile. That Tex Mex humbucker was way too hot for the other 2 tex mex single coils.

[shield400]

Classic Fender purists will want to stick with the SSS, modern gen style players should go for the HSS. You still have that Fender sound with the HSS but also that nice crunch. I have the American Deluxe HSS in Oly White and absolutely love it. I can play anything that comes to mind from blues to metal and everything in between. The HSS is probably one of the most versatile guitars on the market. <3 Fender \m/

[imacomputer101]

@rubycodez humbuckers being hype and sss being substance. gotcha

[floralfall123456789]

I got an american special HSS and its cool. I can play some hendrix sounding stuff with the SC's and some crunchy lynard skynard sounding stuff with the HB

[InvisibleShoeLaces]

The beginning riff sounded kind of like John Frusciante's "Bedroom Lick" as they've named it on youtube, if you've ever seen that video. It's one of my all time favorite riffs. :)

[xtheparanoidandroid]

i know this video was about the pick ups, but what was that little lick you were playing in the beginning i really like it

[aledelverne]

@rich655 agree agree agree agree....

[aledelverne]

I can not stand the shrill sound of a bridge single coil with gain... It should be forbidden to use with distortion or overdrive, because of health and safety issues... Single coil at the bridge? Ok, you can only play clean, or get fined. But then again, if I dont like it, I shouldn't write here...

[joelywoel]

I with you bro. SSS all the way. what distortion pedal are you using?

[lockpicker2k]

I prefer HSS, a humbucker in the bridge add so much versatility especially if you play modern rock and grunge you really get that fat CRUNCH! Anyone looking for that classic twangy bright strat sound should go for the single coils. That's just my opinion.

[DaveKadlec]

What's the 1st song? :)) It's pretty awesome!