I just recently bought a Fender Strat after my first one kind of gave way. This is because I just love the glassy kind of tone I can get from it which I cannot from other guitars.
Obviously a humbucker is going to sound better for such a heavy track, needs that extra volume and beefiness. I was expecting a comparison at clean tones which is what single coils and split coil are best at. I prefer the glassiness of the single coil though here just doesn't have the volume