My comment above was fluff. This might be too.
With my ears, I hear a certain ring open chords have with a Standard.The old 4 digits really have it. Listen many old recordings with them.
Cheap Trick stuff off course, when Rick lets the chords ring out on Surrender, or any of the dvd stuff of Budokan they released a year or so ago. Molly Hatchet had a Hamer ring to my ears also. I would even go so far as to tell you before I saw a No Doubt video I "knew" Tom Dumont was playing a Hamer.
That Tone card I post every once in a while works with the Standards even though a Special is pictured on it. Thanks Doc Large!!!! Hollowlead is my favorite. Toggle: Neck, Volumes 10, Tone 0..... YMMV +1........