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Which is better SSS or HSS?

The HSS Stratocaster is very similar to the SSS version, with the exception of a Fender humbucker replacing the single-coil bridge pickup. This makes the HSS Strat better suited to metal and hard rock, but don’t go thinking you’ll get deep, dark extreme metal tones out of it.

What is HSS Fender?

Report Ad. The Fender Stratocaster HSS is a Strat variant that heavy metal artists and rock legends use to deliver more electrifying guitar riffs. The guitar features a humbucker pickup system, mated to two single-coil pickups that give it a more dynamic, rich, deep, and smooth sound.

What is HSS Strat?

The Fender Player HSS Strat is the best way for guitar players on a budget to land a real Fender Stratocaster with a hot humbucker and two single-coil pickups. Player Series Stratocasters are made in Mexico (MIM). Third, the HSS pickup configuration gives me a great deal of flexibility and an array of available tones.

Do Strats have humbuckers?

Some people call them HSS Strats. And yet, by stuffing a big humbucker into the bridge position of a Strat, we are making a compromise. Even if you can’t stand it on it’s own, that bridge single coil is a big part of the essential character of a Strat, thanks to the “notch position” it shares with the middle pickup.

What is the difference between Squier and Fender Stratocaster?

Fender Standard Stratocaster Bridge. Fender brands much of its hardware, while a majority of Squier hardware is unbranded and of dubious origin and quality. Generally speaking, Squier uses lower-quality metals for most of its hardware. The quality of Squier tuners and bridge saddles are a common complaint.

How much does a Squier Strat cost?

Squier Classic Vibe Strat. A cheaper alternative to the MIA Fender Strat is the MIM (made in Mexico) Strat, with the Mexican Standard going for around $600 new, compared to over $1000 for the American Standard. So a considerable difference in price, again due to cheaper labour and manufacturing outside of the States.

Do you prefer SSS or HH Strats?

I prefer SSS, but I do have an HH, and an HSS version. If you count the Bullet Specials I also have some single HB models. I think SSS because it’s the sound I most associate with Strats. Flyer91 likes this. I’m in the camp that has to have a single coil in the neck and middle positions on a strat.

What is the difference between the Squier and standard line?

Once exclusively Strats and Teles, the current Standard line includes fewer overall models than the Squier catalog, but with more variety within each model.