Nice one Jim, I couldn't explain it better!
The thing is Andy wrote he asked Fender CS to make him a 34346 as close as possible....errrr they didn't, because if they have done that they would make him a Oasis 59 strat.
That's why I asked him about the G pole height....
As we all well aware the genuine old lady 343436 has 3 pu's with the lower G pole!
The balance issues Jim revering to are incorporated in the original hits.
Some will say "you can't hear that"....well you can, if you (can) listen closely!
Like Dave and some others here, I've quiet few brands of single coil pu's laying around and/or on a guitar.
Not one of my strats has a humbucker so I'm condemned to the SSS configuration
I've tried with my pre-cbs(and all HM signature) strats to get close as possible to the sound-balance of the 34346...nope...always the wrong volume balance on the G,B and high E string.
Longs story short, a friend of mine made me a set with my desired specifications and after a few prototypes...presto holy grail balance, response and sound with a 13-56 set full nickel strings !
Cheers Rob