Saved me from posting the same idea.turbopablo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 22, 2025 3:00 pm If you play clean or lower gain, strats are hard to beat. Higher gain, a humbucker in the bridge is required.
Having played Strats for the majority of my life, when I started playing my Les Paul through my DSL100H, I definitely had to readjust my picking. I guess I developed a habit of "digging in" with my Strat. But with the LP/Marshall, I had to back off and let the guitar and amp do the singing - a different kind of singing at that. So different tools for different purposes.
I do love that bright and twangy Strat bridge pickup though. That through a FuzzFace with the guitar volume rolled down a bit:
