I purchased a mint-condition USA Strat today, and I'd like to know some more about it. According to the S/N, it's a '99 model. It has the following features:

Natural ash clear finish (gorgeous!)
W/B/W 3-ply pickguard
Rosewood fingerboard
4-Bolt Neck plate says "Fender Corona California"
Guitar has the neck tilt adjustment
3 Lace Sensor "AGi" pickups (cream colored)
5-position pickup switch
2-point tremolo with satin-finish gray saddles (special?)
Trem springs are black
Maple neck has the skunk stripe and small rod adjust access hole
Headstock has two "T"-shaped string trees (not the clip-type like my MIM Strat)

I know there are a gazillion American Strat versions, but I'm hoping someone can help me narrow the possibilities down a little and give me an idea as to what I have. I didn't think Fender was using the neck tilt adjustment any more (but what do I know?). I know that Fender has sold the Lace Sensor pickups for quite a while, but I wasn't aware they were putting them on factory guitars. Are the "AGi" pickups just the regular pickups or are they something special?

Can anyone help me identify what I have?

Thanks fior the help!

Mike

I was selling fender guitars in the late 90's and it sounds like to me it's an American Standard that someone slpped the Lace Sensor pickups into. unless it has a LSR roller nut on it, then it's an American Deluxe. We modded several AS with lace sensors. the string trees are right on that was before they started using staggared tuning keys in 2000 and after they were using the old style by about 6 years or so. BTW how much???

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The Deluxe Strat Plus had a Ash top and was availabe in a Natural finish and came stock with Lace Sensor singles (2Blue/1Silver) and the Floyd Rose equiped one had Lace (Silver,Blue,Red)
Now the LSR nut I am nut sure I no the Strat Plus had it.

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He's also got the Am Dlx saddles, right?

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Can you post some pictures of it? its gonna be easier to tell that way

Back then the Deuxe had a locking saddle on the wilkinson bridge, I had one that was a '96. all of the deluxe's had that that I'm aware of.

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CUSTOM TELE (PIECED TOGETHER)
CUSTOM STRAT (REALLY PIECED TOGETHER)
FENDER TWO TONE AMP