Everytime I listen to Rory Gallagher's album, Live in Europe, I want to buy a strat to try again (I've owned dozens, and none of them stay). I eventually realised that I just don't like to play strats much.
http://rorygallagher.com/html/liveineurope.htm
I now know that the strat tones I like can be had in a good tele, but I haven't found the tele tones in a strat. To each their own, I suppose.