What is the difference between these 3 fender guitars?

Question

I play acoustic but I want to get an electric guitar, and I don't know much about them. These three guitars are all standard strats with the same price but what's the difference between them?

1. Standard strat - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Standard-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar?sku=516037

2. Standard hss strat - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Standard-HSS-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar?sku=516039

3. Standard stratocaster HH - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Standard-Stratocaster-HH-Electric-Guitar?sku=516040

Difference in sound, I mean.

Answer 1

The first one has 3 single coil pickups. Single coil pickups are not as "full" sounding as Humbucking pickups. That doesn't mean they don't sound as good, they just don't have as much bass or fullness(you'd have to try it to hear the difference). Also, single coil pickups usually have more noise than humbuckers, as in hum and seem to get noisey around certain other electrical equipment. However, single coils in a Strat are the traditional "Strat sound" that made a lot of players famous for their great tone. You can also replace the original single coils with "noiseless pickups" to get rid of the hum.
The Second one hss has a humbucker and two single coil pickups. Having a humbucker in the bridge position can really pack some wallop....as in you could switch to that pickup and add a little distortion and play heavy metal sounding power chords. You also would have the 2 single coils to get the traditional Strat sound.
The third one, HH, has two humbucking pickups. It depends what sound you like, but I think a lot of players would prefer the HSS, with more variation in sound possible. Hope that helps. Try them all at a store and take someone with you who knows quality guitars. I've never tried the Standard series, just the American made ones.

Answer 2

The first one has 3 single coil pickups...which give you a hendrix-y ,stevie ray vaughn sound...the 2nd one had a humbucker pickup in the bridge position and 2 single coil pickups(hence hss) the humbucker gives you a more meaty chunky sound than the single coil(good for hard rock and metal) the 3rd one has 2 humbuckers and no single coil(hence HH)