well, i got a mexican strat, black, three single coils. i love it, its got a great sound for rock, and a good clean(although my amp sounds bad)but i had to go to my music store the other day and asked the guy, whats the difference in sounds between the mexican and american strats? and he told me that the american can override the amp :D , it has a cleaner sound, and well, has a better overall sound. then he said, if i changed the pickups to american strat pickups, the sound difference would be eliminated. The american single coils are like 125$, so what do you guys think?