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Originally Posted by Mid Life Crisis
There are a lot of responses about Strats going out of tune when you either bend strings or rest your palm against the bridge. Am I doing something wrong here, as I never have either of these problems on either of mine, yet my trems have not been blocked off or tightened up (okay they're not floating, but they do move pretty freely when I use the trem)?
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MLC, do this test. Pluck the high E string while you bend the B string. the high will go flat if the bridge is floating. Your bridge is not floating and the springs may be tight enough to hold the bridge solidly while you do your bends. This test may reveal that your strings do react slightly, or it may reveal that the springs are tight enough to prevent the pitch change.
If one does not take the strings sharp while orienting one's picking hand to a floating vibrato bridge, then one has a good touch....I don't have this problem either and I do float my bridge. IF you do put a bit of pressure on the bridge with your picking hand, the strings will go sharp....if the bridge is floating. Yours isn't floating, so you don't have to worry. There is no way to push the bridge down at the back and thus sharpen the pitch.