Sometime over the last 35 years the sound in my head changed. I was a strat/tele hater from the start and would not own a guitar that didn't have the mighty humbuckers. About five years ago I hocked almost everything and bought a Paul Reed Smith - which was hands down the most beautiful and well-made guitar I had ever touched - and just never fell in love. It just wouldn't make the sound in my head. Now, other than my Sunburst, my other guitars are strats and teles, and the only humbuckers are TV Jones filtertrons. Go figure.