What is your flavor

are you a Gibson,,,or a Fender,,,or other,,,,
would like to hear from you all,,,,tell me
what your favorite axe is,,,and why you
like it so much,,,pickups,bridge,neck size,
strings,,,how you like your action set,,,wood
type,,,,solid or lam,,,,MIA,MIM,MIJ,MIC,and
anything else that you can tell me about the
play-ability,,,would really like to talk about it,,,,
discussion open,,,Cheers,,,,Ryder.

I own both - I have an American standard strat (all single coil pickups and a floating trem bridge). I also have a Gibson Les Paul Faded Studio with humbuckers.

Owning a strat was a dream since I was a teenager. I didn't get one until I was around 30. That was all I played until I got a the LP in 2011.

It's all a matter of personal preference, physical makeup, and what type of music you are trying to play.

For me, the LP seems to be a better guitar. I'm of smaller stature (5' 4") and the LP's shorter scale suits me better. Comparatively, the strat feels like a bass to me. Though, there are tones you can get from a strat (especially with pickup switch positions 2 and 4) that are unique and sound very "stratty".

I'm happy to own both and am learning to appreciate the pluses an minuses of each.

I was playing .011 on my strat and recently switch back to .009s. I much prefer the more twangy sound of the 9's on the strat. The standard 10's on my LP suit me fine. I'm going to try a set of .010's on my strat to see how that feels. The 11's I found just sound too lifeless to me as my playing advances.

Could I only live with one? Yes...and it would be the LP. I would be really sad to have to give up my strat though...I would really not want to give it up.