Much thanks to all for your imput. Raising the pickups made a marked difference in the volumn of the treble strings. My success with the intonation was not good. I finally took my Strat to a local guitar store guitar tech who knew exactly what to do. He put more springs under the tremelo mechanism and tightened the screws to the spring bracket. Now my tremelo bracket is tight to the guitar body. He installed 10 gauge strings (I had 9 gauge Fender Bullets). That was a major improvement as I am used to playing acustics. He adjusted the tension on the truss rod to compensate for the larger strings. He further adjusted the pickup height to get even volumn on all the strings. It seems to be in tune all the way up the neck and stays that way as I change chords. I am pleased with it and having a good time. It's time to rock. And all that for $30.