Hi ABPOS I have 4 Strats and all are 3 pup single coils,I think you may have misunderstood something I said,I went from using a 2 pup guitar to (Hagstrom II)to a Strat and had very little problem adapting to the 3 pups of the Strat.You have to adapt to the different spacing of the pups when it comes to palm muting etc. but it isn't impossible to do.With Strats I'm just a dyed in the wool 3 pup Strat traditionalist and don't like any Strats but the 3 single coil layout ones.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I guess if it comes down to really needing one, I'll have to change my style. But I really don't think that's going to happen. I would either switch the pick ups or go to a different guitar. But that's just me. How do you like your Mexican Tele? I played one the other day and thought it was pretty good. Although the couple of mexican strats I played felt in the same ballpark, and I wasn't unimpressed. I'd rather have an American, but I came away liking the couple of mexican's I played. Especially the Standard tele for some reason. The upside would be more money for an amp. I'm not sure if I'd miss the difference between the American and Mexican. I guess it just depends on the certain one. I'm still not sold on the sound of the single coils in either guitar, because I think I want a little warmer, lower tone. So, I think the humbuckers might be more up my alley anyways. I realize you can throw some in either one.

Hi ABPOS I have 2 MIM Strats an '00 lefty strung for right hand-I do a lot of Hendrix covers and the lefty is better suited with the whammy and controls on top-and an'09 Jimmie Vaughn.Both guitars are really great but the Jimmie Vaughn is one of the best Strats I've ever played.When I bought the J.V. I tried 8 or 9 other Strats including MIAs and even an MIJ Areodyne and the Jimmie Vaughn although being about the cheapest was the best of the bunch-it sounded almost identical to my '65 and the slight V neck was the most comfortable V neck I ever played.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

It seems to be the consensus on here that sometimes the foreign ones can be good. Which is a good thing, because they're cheaper. Better bang for the buck.