Making a Strat sound like a Les Paul

[Eric***]

My vote would be for the concentric pot idea with one pot as volume and the other as tone. All you need is the new pot and a cap and a little soldering and BAM! Adjustable warmth. FWIW I'd try that before I went pickup shopping, but I'm sure a pickup upgrade would improve the tone too.

Would a concentric pot fit in the existing hole for the volume knob?