hey nostatic... that was the older version that you had. They redid the Clapton strat for this year. It no longer has the Lace Sensors, but it has "noisless" Fender pickups and some kind of active 25db midrange boost. Its awesome. I image there is a battery there under the pickguard.
hay on-ramp...thats a beautiful Les Paul. Just like Jimi Page plays. I used to have a Les Paul, but sold it. It just wasnt for me...a little too butt-heavy. I like butt heavy cars, but not guitars... lol. But, Les Pauls are classics and most people just love them.
Dantilla....you only need to know 4 chords to jam out on ....Smoke On the Water
or a million other songs too.