cpanther1995 I have never been a huge locked tremolo guy. Even though a have a few strats with vintage tremolos I deck the tremolo and never use it. If you set any tremolo to be floating and break a string it goes out of whack...the guitar falls out of tune. If you bend strings it can happen some as well but to a lesser degree.
I just accepted a long time ago that I am not huge on tremolos.
I have to ask..why an American strat? The new players series strats are basically a 2018 Mexican strat with Alnico pickups,,which Mexican strats never had before. As well...the Squier Classic Vibe strats are very good as well.
This is a LP kit that I built last year. I grain filled, finished, replaced electronics, fret leveled, etc.