Angus Young, Slash, and Zakk Wylde all play Les Pauls...Jimmy Page plays one too...I think it doesn't make a **** of difference. I mean, Strat players are people like Clapton, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, they're all greats as well. However, Yngwie plays a modified strat and he's a friggin' wanker, so it's pretty clear that it doesn't really matter. I mean, hell, all of my favs play Ibanez. Oh, except David Gilmour, who, when he plays electric, uses a Les Paul (perhaps both, though). Mark Knopfler uses both, and players don't get much better than the two of them (Knopfler and Gilmour).