Fender creates these exclusive, Limited Edition instruments for one main purpose: To provide great looking, great playing instruments with custom features at an excellent value. The Limited Edition American Standard Stratocaster incorporates a wide array of features for great looks and tone as well as playability. A copper-infused High Mass bridge block and a 2-point Synchronized Tremolo provide unbelievable resonance, tone, and sustain. A new, thinner undercoat allows for a glass-like high gloss finish that is tough as nails but also allows the wood to breath and resonate for better tone. All in, they hit it out of the park with this one. And it's made right here in the USA in Fender's state-of-the-art Corona, California, factory.