Now, I like Fender well enough, I even own an old '54 Strat, but I've never really played any Fenders much.

Today, the high E string on my Ibanez broke during my lesson, so I played my instructors HM Strat...totally blew me away. I was playing faster, with better tone than I ever had with my Ibanez (which I thought was a pretty badass guitar..not anymore though). Anyone ever played one of these things? Its a shame fender doesn't make them anymore, it was so awesome. They may look like something out of a Def Lepard video, but looks can be deceiving.
http://www.42nd.net/strat/pics/strats/japanese/japhm1.jpg

^Thats one right now.