I have Sultans in a maple/ebony necked strat and they sound brilliant. Mine has a basswood body and is very resonant. I was talking with Tim yesterday about a swamp ash/maple strat and this was one of his reccomendations (the ones I ended up ordering were 63 veneer boards, but that is beacause I already have Sultans). If you want bright with snap and your guitar is dark sounding, then you might want to think about irish Tours too