Yesterday while playing my 50th Ann Strat. I noticed that the bridge was floating about 1/8 " and consequently causing pitch changes in other strings when I did bends so I decked it thus lowering the action and now it's about 1/16 all the way down the neck and no buzzing and fretting out on bends.I played for about 1 1/2 hrs today with no hand pain something that I couldn't do for years.All my guitars will now be getting similar adjustments-what a difference.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Adding more springs or spring tension while keeping the bridge floating and setting the string height correctly at the saddles would have achieved a similar thing and you can still use the trem properly.

I know that I could have done that but I prefer the bridge decked anyway as I only use the downward function of the vibrato.I get notes to go sharp by pulling back slightly on the neck or above the nut bends.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.