I've always thought a bridge was seto be level, but the other day i was at the local music store about to plug this fender strat mim in when i noticed that the back of the bridge was raised real bad, i played her for awhile and she played just great.
My guitar was the same way when i bought it. It was even higher on one end to.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS DOES THE BRIDGE HAVE TO BE LEVEL OR CAN IT BE RAISED AND STILL STAY IN TUNE ?

JUST CURIOUS,THATS ALL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY

JEFF < TENNMAN316 >

A properly setup Strat with a floating bridge will have a 1/8 in. gap between the guitar body and the back of the bridge.

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After being a long-time non-trem Gibson owner, it wasn't long after I got my Strat, and I came exactly to the same realization. "What the ... ??" That was actually what first brought me to this forum. Yes, Mister CAFeathers' post above is locked on and homing -- exactly correct. The amount that the bridge is raised above the body is "the float". For tuning stability, there is a significant percentage of Strat owners that go with no float. If desired, you would accomplish that by tightening down on the trem's "claw screws" and/ or adding a trem spring or two. Personally, I just added a trem spring and called it a day. Just be careful, that by doing so you change the overall string length slightly that may alter the intonation. So if you change the float, check the intonation afterwards. For more info, do a search on 'float'.

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I believe that the 1/8 (I don't do my own setups.......so take it from there) is the standard floating bridge setup. I've had my guitars setup by a tech.......who asked me "which way do you want it"? Anyway....apparently some prefer bringing the back end of the bridge almost down to the body. Both of my strats are set up so that the back end of the bridge is near the body. I prefer it that way. The only drawback is......when you use the trem.....you can only go down in pitch.......but that's the only way I go anyway.

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