The Fender Stratocaster: Clic and Beautiful? Or Old Fashioned and Boring?

The Fender Stratocaster is a beautiful clic. Having said that, it can be as modern as you need it to be also. Personally, I love the sound of the Strat over any other guitar, especially with heavy strings and hot pickups. But I'm a blues guy, and that sound is my thing. What makes the strat so awesome, is the versitility the pickup configuration gives you. You can have it fat and juicy, or high and tight, or whatever else you want...and that's just with standard single coil pickups. Throw in some stacked humbuckers in place of those (so you don't have to router the body) and it opens up a whole new set of sounds. It really depends on what sound you like the most. I like the 3 single coils, but I also like the 2 single coils with a humbucker on the bridge for rockin' out. And I am 31.