EDIT #2 (it's not letting me edit my previous posts anymore

I also played a leftie strat. I never really liked strats, probably because my first experience was a cheap copy. There are so many cheap copies around!

Anyway, after 14 years of guitar playing, I think I now 'get' a main part of the strat ... it's pretty comfortable to play huh? Sitting down, there was no part of the guitar that feels like it's getting in the way. I've been playing acoustics and my archtop for so long that I forgot how big those things actually are.