is there a way to make my stratocaster bridge so that it's not on a pivot? I don't use my tremolo arm at all, and the only time my bridge is flat is when the strings are off, how do i keep it that way?

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use 5 springs on the trem claw and block and screw the screws in more on the bottom if needed.

can you put that in terms of someone who knows little about the hardware? lol

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Post looks familiar

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lol i posted it both here and in the stratocaster section. In case people here didn't know what to do

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The back of your guitar probably looks like this, with 3 springs


You need to add a couple of more to make 5, like this

what if mine looks like this?



basically i just want to make my trem arm dive only

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Just keep the springs you have and make a wedge block. Heres pictures from the net very self explanatory.
http://www.guitarrepairshop.com/repairtremeloblock.html

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Those two long screws in the trem cavity, that are connected to the bent piece of metal. Tighten those. If you screw them in enough it will pull your bridge down. If you put a piece of wood in there you won't be able to use your trem at all.

Which is what they want.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

i was reading online to do that and then it told to adjust the truss rod and stuff, will i need to do that?

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I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk...

Strat with built in reverb tank.