Strat. i have a 1979 black on black, same exact guitar edge has. Les Paul's are extremely heavy and can't get the nice tones needed for a lot of u2 songs.
Currently Strats are my main guitar electric wise.But Les Pauls are useful when u want a different sound.A delay sound def sounds better ( to me) with a single coil guitar.
I have both a Fender (Mexi) Strat and a Gibson Les Paul Standard. There really is no comparisson, both clean and distorted the LP knocks the Strat out of the water
les paul all the way, i mean just listen to until the end of the world, beautiful rich tone, i dont have a LP, i have a strat, i just think a LP is lot more elegant than an ordinary strat