Fender American Performer Stratocaster HSS RW 3-Color Sunburst

This HSS Strat is my first Fender or Strat ever. The delivery was fast by Musikhaus Kirstein , so thanks again for everything.

The guitar looks very good and makes a high quality impression.
After I tuned it and adjusted it to me, it put a grin on my face with its sound. Hit,...... that's exactly what I wanted. So I played it slowly and noticed that every now and then a tone didn't quite fit. Since I was only used to Gibson Les Pauls and Jackson Floyd Rose guitars, I thought to myself, well, first of all, everything has to be played freely and the strings have to be stretched, and secondly, it's a different system. After I was exposed to mega pure Fender Strat for about 3 hours I wanted to have some staimmstabilität.......but fiddlesticks. As soon as I looked even remotely at the tremolo lever I slipped up to a 1/4 tone up or down.
It was basically the Fender sound vs the tuning stability.
Do I send it back and get a new one or directly money back...... what is right?!
But since the sound overruled me, I wanted to keep it at all costs. So I took the strings off again and went for it with a magnifying glass. Checked everything again and filed the saddle, lubricated it with graphite paste, and so on.
Then one thing remained open, ....... the mechanics.

Are they solid?

!!!NO!!!

..... I was able to unscrew 5 out of 6 mechanics from the head plate by hand without tools.
No words. ?
The mechanic in Corona, California must have been out of his mind.
So tuners tight, earnie balls on and ta-da,....... Now I had it, a tuning stable Fender HSS Strat with a killer sound. (Sound sensation is certainly subjective but for me = "Bulls Eye" )
So some blood and sweat, but in the end a super, great instrument get. Price performance definitely fits with it.
Very clear buy recommendation for the HSS.

As an "old" guitarist from 1956, I have to take a stand for new instruments, with all the hype for the old things. I've had a USA Strat from every decade since the 19s and none of those guitars were as cleanly crafted as this black beauty. I've also sold them time and time again. The shape of the American Performer Strat is sensational. It hugs the body so much that I just want to hold it. And the finish is so sensational and smooth that it doesn't even leave a fingerprint. The sound is phenomenal. I've never heard anything like it. I play it over a Marhall JVM 205 with a Marshall 4x12 cabinet from 1973. And it's set up great, only the 009 strings, which are actually good, I replaced with 010 Gibson Brightwires to get more tension, because I play pretty hard. In short, this is my dream strat and also my last one. You can't get more Strat than this. And even more expensive instruments don't appeal to me, because this Performer Strat brings everything when I get it right.