Thanks for the positve comments :)
The guitar is recorded with an original Sansamp rack (currently on loan to me, but hopefully I can come to some deal) and a curly cable direct into my multi-track.
It took a while to tweak the Sansamp into a usable metal sound with the strat. I added some room and delay post as you can hear. I took 6 or so takes and picked the best one, I think it was number 5.
Using my 2204, curly lead and treble booster you can play metal all day long with the slowhands. The secret may be in the treble booster, so perhaps I'll try to boost the Sansamp next time.
I think you can clearly hear the fender single coil quality in the sound, which I like.