I’m getting a Fender electric guitar for the holidays but I can’t decide what model to pick. Should I get a Fender Vintage Hot Rod ’57 Stratocaster or an Eric Clapton Stratocaster? I love to play tones that range from vintage to metal.
I want to buy a new electric guitar. I’m looking out for a Fender Strato-caster and i have some queries.
Firstly, some info: I’ve been playing for about a year and a half and i can’t exactly say that I’m an expert, but I’m not a complete dullard either loll! I plan to take up the guitar as a career and go to Berkley. I play Rock.
Now the queries:
1. What pickup setup should I go in for: 2 Single coil and a humpbucker or all single coils or what?
2. What’s the HSS in the name of a Stratoocaster mean?
3. Is it possible to but a normal strat and then later on get it fitted with a floyd rose locking tremolo system?
4. Whats the difference between a normal and a vintage guitar? Which one is more advisable?
5. Where can I buy a Strat in Bombay, India? How much will one cost approximately?
6. What exactly is a Hot Rod?
7. Do you think that there si another guitar that would be better and most cost effective that the strat?
