Haha, thanks guys. Better than Tims? Well ... we're very different players, especially as he is fast and good ... :lol:
His sounds are also more cranked/heavy, unfortunately I can't play very loud in my studio, but maybe that's a good thing for recording actually, who knows.
I think there are many guys with great tone on this forum, especially your recordings have improved to a huge extend _tom_ - you give me big Laney GAS.
I wanna have a good strat now too - have you seen the new Guitarist DVD and the special with Thomas Blug? Man this guy plays as good guitar as he speaks English with a bad german accent ... I gave my Tokai strat to a luthier last week for refret and setup, can't wait to get it back!
If you wanna have contrast to your Les Paul, I'd rather get a Strat. Maybe one of those new Classic ones,
http://www.thomann.de/de/fender_60s_classic_player_strat_rw3sb.htm