A friend of mine removed the pickguard of his new American Standard Strat and noticed a sticker on the 5-way switch, it had a serial number and "assembled in Mexico".
Other than that, there were 2 more stickers with assembly info and handwritten initials of the inspector.
I had never heard of American Standards with parts assembled elsewhere. It got me curious and I checked my own. Same thing.
I see no problem in that itself, mexican made parts can be ofjust as good quality, but I wonder what are the policies for advertising American made instruments, just how much foreign stuff they can have thrown in...