Fender American Standard Series Owners Manual - Page 18

the body. Allow the bridge to return back to the body, trapping the block. Tune the guitar up to pitch. If the bridge raises and fails to trap the block, tighten the two claw screws clockwise until the spring pressure will trap the block with the strings all tuned to pitch. Stretch all strings out completely (sometimes it helps to hold the bridge down with one hand while stretching the strings with the other). Now remove the spacer block by depressing the tremolo arm. The pitch of the strings should now be raised. Using your tuning source (preferably an electronic tuner) and a Phillips tip screwdriver, turn the screws which adjust the claw, counterclockwise, until the strings return to pitch. This should raise your bridge and return the bridge to the proper balance point. Make any final tuning adjustments using the fine tuners on the bridge. 5a. Set Pickup Height (Conventional Pickups) The pickups on the American Standard Stratocaster and American Standard Telecaster guitars are fully adjustable for height. Adjustments are made by turning the Pickup Adjustment Screws located at each end of the pickups. (On the American Standard Telecaster the bridge pickup has 3 screws, but the adjustment procedure is the same.) Depress all strings at the highest fret. Check the distance from the bottom of the 1st and 6th strings to the top of the pole pieces (or to the top of the pickup cover in the case of the Telecaster neck pickup). The measurement should be as follows: 16