The Fender American Standard Stratocaster HSS is defenetly the hot rod of the new American series, with more output and warmth from its Tex Mex single-coil pickups and Diamondback humbucking pickup.

The S-1 switch, found on other models, is removed to keep it simple, but Fender kept key features such as the hand-rolled fingerboard edges and staggeres tuning machines, and they added several new features, including:

- A new bridge with improved bent-steel saddles and a copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain.

- A new neck treatment-tinted for a richer presentation, with thr maple or rosewood fingerboard buffed to a high gloss. The back of the neck still has that sillky satin finish.

- A thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance.

- A new Fender-exclusive SKB molded case.

- Two beautiful new finish options, sienna Sunburst and Blizzard Pearl.