Quick question..

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hey guys, a few weeks ago, I posted about purchasing my 1989 Fender Strat...and i finally broke astring :(

i broke my high E..
but what I noticed is...well, my 2 point bridge used to like "float", so with the whammy bar, you could push down, and pull up a decent amount so u can really hear the note bending higher..i think ever since my E broke, my bridge is flat against the body now...i can only push down, i cant pull up....i hope theres nothing wrong with my bridge? i also took off the back cover and noticed it appears to have a "trem-setter" in the middle instead of a 3rd spring..does that need to be adjusted? please help..i like how the bridge floats..i hope now its just not against the body for good :(
 
Floating bridges are a pain in the ... If you block it up to where it only goes down, like Leo's original design, its much easier to deal with.
 
hey arc,thanks a bunch! i added my high E and it floats again :)
 
Just remember; too much float in the tremelo can make it hard to stay on pitch. I like the idea of a fuller range of give in the tremelo too but had lots of trouble staying in tune with other guitars while playing, I remedied tiis problem by adding two more springs (available at most music stores) It takes a little more effort to work the whammy but it pulls the strings back to pitch more redily. I just thought I'd add that in as a potential problem and a quick fix in case you run into the same problem.
 
Strings breaking will always cause the trem to go flatter; it's the string tension that makes it float in the first place.
 
hey thanks for the advice all :)
see, the guitar before this that i had was a pos squier strat...and the bridge never floated and was flat up against the body, so im starting to get used to the floating bridge, and im really diggin it too :D
 
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