the old question, strat or rg?

[blahblah]

currently i own a 70s classic series strat...its a great guitar, very good for most kinds of stuff and pop(which i kostly play now)..sounds good when clear and all..but now im considering buying an rg550...now's the confusing part... pros and cons:

strat: only 21 frets, not very comfortable to access lower frets, single coils lack punch when distorted (if i plan to learn heavier stuff), cant really abuse the tremolo

rg550: 24 frets...easy access to lower frets, humbuckers pack a punch, good for heavier stuff, can play with the whammy all i want but it dosen't sound as the strat when clear and well i honestly like the strat's looks better.

ok i know it all boils down to which sound u like...but the problem is i like and want both...so should i sell my strat and buy the rg? or should i keep my strat and forget about the rg? don't tell me get both cause i gotta wait till CNY and i wont be able to get a POD or Vamp to make my crap peavey sound better and hardcase for the guitar.

 

[pooo]

If you can live with 21 frets, keep the strat man. Swap the pickups to something which can pack a powerful punch yet still retain some single coil clarity. Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan have these.

 

[subversion]

own both if it's within your means... 8) i still retain my RG after i bought a strat...

if you see the Ibanez 2005 offerings, you'd be wanting one right now...

 

[MrE]

If you cant keep both, sell me your strat! hehe

 

[ChanMin]

well just get a hum/single/single guitar... with a floyd.. ?

best guitar that fits this profile imo is the vigier strat... but..4 - 5k sgd la..

 

[dric]

well man....i think ya shld just keep ur strat n change the pickups to dimarzio. dats what i wld do anyway

 

[iansoh]

why don't u get a fat strat? H/S/S. u can change your pickups now to a single-sized hum right