I picked up a very nice Lake Placid Blue MIM 60s Classic Strat from 2000 the other day. This is one of the nicest Strats I've owned and I've had some choice ones like an '87 Mary Kaye 57RI, a 1979 CBS Strat, and more recently a '61 Thin Skin in vintage white. Actually, other than the pickups and zinc blocked tremolo I like the 60s Classic better than the Thin Skin axe. Im one of the old time Strat guys that actually like the 7.25" radius and the vintage small fret wire on a strat and the fretboard and fret work are just top notch on the Classic. So, before I get ordering I gotta ask here, will an American Vintage tremolo, the whole unit, be a drop in fit as far as the routing and the six mounting screws are concerned on the 2000 era 60s Classic Strat? The stock trem works, but the sound is kinda peaky and ragged. The bridge position pickup especially gets a bit too bright and tinny sounding, kind of like a banjo so I'm hoping the solid steel block in the American Vintage bridge will alleviate most of that. Later I'll do some pickup swapping to further fatten things up but overall, the axe kills for $500 with hardshell case!