you guys are nuts!
picking up a strat is like putting on a glove.
its like it was made for you.
and you can't really say you don't like the sound of single coils, cause
there is almost definitly some artist you like who plays them whether it
be
Clapton
Hendrix
Knopfler
Cray
SRV
and the list goes on forever, but these are some of my favorites.
sorry about all the ranting . . . I like strats,thats my vote