2008 USA American Standard Stratocaster
This 3-color sunburst American Standard Stratocaster came in for a setup, cleaning, polish, and verification photos. The serial/spec lookup matched a USA-made American Standard Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard, SSS American Standard pickups, 2-point tremolo, medium jumbo frets, and a Modern C maple neck.
- Relief
- .40mm to .10mm
- 12th High E
- 2.50mm to 1.95mm
- 12th Low E
- 3.00mm to 2.25mm
- Recorded pre-setup measurements and found high action with a few fret rockers.
- Removed the neck, bridge, tuners, and pickguard for inspection and documentation.
- Verified USA Strat details through the neck heel, neck pocket, truss plug, skunk stripe, and under-pickguard markings.
- Polished the tuners, jack plate, hardware, and body, then treated rusty bridge and saddle parts.
- Reassembled with new Ernie Ball 9.5-44 Slinky strings and dialed in the setup for lower action while noting a future light level, crown, and polish.








































