When I was a kid I played a concert with a guy named Byron Pritchard. I'll never forget what he said to me. We were both Strat players although in different bands. He said: "Strats are a real bitc* but that is where it all comes from. When they sing they really sing."
Myself..I'm addicted to those *****es. They really make you work hard. That is where so much of the Strats personality comes from.

PS. Please don't tell my wife about the addiction thing. She'll beat me up.