Fender Fat Strat - HOT ROD???

[achang9]

Dear all,


I recently purchased a guitar priced at around 500$ - It's called a Fender Fat Strat Limited edition Hot Rod, It's American and it's colored in Graphitti Yellow. The only thing I could really find on this guitar were pictures of it's mexican counterpart on UK Websites. I don't even know what kind of pick ups I have but since they really don't have brand names labeled on them I'm thinking I got 2 fender single coils and a fender humbucker. I'm kind of new to this so I don't really know. It'd be great to have the specs of my guitar, thanks =). :thumb:

[RNR]

Fender Tex Mex singles and Dimondback humbucker is what i'm guessing. That's what I got on my Deluxe Strat but then again they might not put the same pickups on considering a $600 difference in price. But who knows.

[austin99]

I have a Fender Texas Special which is a Fat Strat, came with the Tex Mex pickups and a Pearly Gates Humbucker pickup, after a couple of years I got to were I really hated the Tex Mex pick ups, put a set of Rio Grande Dual Calibrated Fat Bottom pickups, have a split coil humbucker in the bridge, really love the versility of that guitar now, I can get just about any sound I want from it.

I would suggest getting an Alder Fender, the basswood or mystery woods worry me. I have an old Jap Strat made of Basswood, sounds really nice after I put Lindy Fralins Blues Specials in it, however the guitar is falling apart, Basswood is a very soft wood, and over time it starts falling apart, I can not take a screw out and expect to get it back in. I have to fill the hole with a glue and wood fill to put the screw in, I really love the guitar, I just hate that its falling apart.

[achang9]

yea, I read somewhere that this guitar gave the Jimmy Vaughn Fat Strat a run for it's money (I'm pretty sure it was Jimmy Vaughn, It's been awhile since I read it), so I'm thinking Tex Mex Single coils, but the Humbucker alludes me. What do you think about replacing it with a Seymour Duncan to give it a more, bite for blues/rock music? I feel a bit empty playing it as is.

[mutant!]

^ Good idea - try a JB or a Custom. Or be rly xtr33m and put an Invader in the bridge. :lol: