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Nope, but I was waiting for someone who knew a little more about PA's than me.

The amp, of course, makes an enormous difference.

I would've been shocked if you had, honestly. Local group, more than anything.

Some can discern between an MIA Strat and a Mexican Strat. I'd go with a used MIA, personally.

Motorcycles, bicycles, cars, snowmobiles-I like motors. Also photography and writing, although writing leads back to music.

Do other instruments count? I also play bass, alto saxophone, piano, drums, and I'm reasonably competent on the violin.

I play mainly metal when I jam with friends-heavy, loud, REAL metal. Metallica, Megadeth, even some new metal.

For myself, some blues, classic rock, lots of jazz, blues-inflected punk, pretty much anything with some real power behind it.

I love the Novaks. Absolutely love them. If you know who they are, I've underestimated their reach;).

One of my all-time favorites-"Riding with Private Mallone".

The MIM did not feel right to me and the sound was a bit muddy...just my ears though as lots like them.

There's several things wrong with that. It won't come close to approximating the tone I want for metal, it's too thin and not dark enough. For jazz, I still find it too thin. Country, not enough twang, and it doesn't overdrive the way I want for blues.

I have an SG that has EMG 81-85 pickups. If you can make your Strat give me THAT sound, I'll consider one a real metal guitar.

I have the same response every time someone tries to force a Strat down my throat as a replacement for my EMG-equipped SG and my Casino. I don't particularly like single coils, I don't like maple bodies and I can't tolerate a $1500 guitar with the lackluster finish I've always found on MIA Strats.

I've posted this elsewhere before.

The girls I know who play tend to be lyrically better songwriters where the guys tend to be more technical and more showmen.

Try something with EMG humbuckers and a mahogany body and the Strat's passable metal tone will pale in comparison.

Nice guitars but metal rigs they are not.

Rage is one of my favorites. Metallica too.

I hate System though.