Quote Originally Posted by aeolian
I think they are. My Godin has blades in the neck and middle. It does a decent job sounding like a Strat. I'm not a purist so sounding exactly like a Strat is not that high a priority.
Me neither. If one is after strat sounds I'd say stick with strat specs. If all you want is for it to sound good. I dunno, as I have no experience with rails.

Marnold, what is wrong with low output per se? If you need to trash the front end of the amp that could be down with, say, a clean boost.