So, I too was having problems w/the sound of the Strat using HD 2.0. After working on this issue for quite some time w/the HD Editor, I could not get position 2 of the strat to stick (in other words, I could get it to sound decent, but when I unplugged from Workbench, no dice). So, on a hunch, I moved the Neck Pickup on the strat directly over the top of the bridge pickup, set the position and slant the same...also set it to the Strat Bridge pickup. Finally, I unselected the original bridge pickup and enabled the neck pickup (now in the bridge position). Low and behold, it now sticks and sounds like my 2007 Strat Deluxe on position #2. Also, I boosted the middle pickup and lowed the volume of the lower four strings to around 50%...also raised the volume level to 5.0. Hope this helps others!