ST-20 BK Standard Series : Better value than most budget strats

I was pleasantly surprised by this guitar. For the cost, the guitar is a great option for an inexpensive strat copy. The neck and fretboard were great. The frets had major fret sprout. Frets had to be polished and filed. The nut material is soft plastic and will need to be replaced within a few years. They should have used a harder plastic.

The body was great except for the routing of the back. They went too far and cut through the body, exposing the front pickup cavity to the rear trem cavity. I had to use epoxy to seal the cavity.

The trem block was very cheap. I tried replacing the trem block with a big brass block however the routing of the bridge cavity was not compatible. I didn't feel like routing it myself so I put in a smaller fender mexican standard block without issue. I also replaced the saddles with stainless steel saddles without issue.