um, so u bluesy eh? i say go with the fender h/s/s pickup w/ whammy bar (for hendrix) and get a cheap practice amp, and buy a blues master distortion pedal. idk how much the pedal is but it rocks. keep playing on the neck pickup for that really fat sound. you can also do what i do; take ur pickup slector and keep changing up and down for 5 minutes a day for a week. it keeps it nice and steady moving if u have to switch during a gig. be careful though. dont go ape on it switching
Yeah. I've found a cheaper guitar (AXL Badwater) that has got some good reviews. I'm hopefully going to play one this weekend. It looks like a fat strat, has EMG pickups, a thin neck, and is only $200. If figure it'll be either the HSS or Badwater at this point.