I've a strat plus from 91 and it's a super guitar. At a point a few years ago I changed the pickups to Fender Custom shop 54's and removed the tremsetter. Everytime I heard a decent strat sound I missed that clarity from the lace sensors. The sensors are warmer voiced then vintage pickup's and that can be a good thing if you like that sound. I didn't, a little bit lifeless and too warm for my taste. Eventually I removed the tremsetter also because I felt a detent point which bothered me for slow accurate Hank Marvin Trem usage. Now it plays on par with my custom shop strat. Oke the value decreases after these mods but for me that isn't important because I will never sell it anyway. In this video I liked the Classic vibe more.

The Strat plus is smoother and not as bright. Not necessarily worse- just different.