hey guys i just baught a brand new american fender deluxe stratocaster and i was wondering if the block on the tremelo is suposed to be touching the body in the back of the guitar

its a floating bridge and the back is off the body but the block on the back side where u load the strings through its touching the wood and like when i use the tremelo abd let go it makes a pop from it sleping up against the wood again

It sounds like you need to bring the bridge down some. For a floating bridge, Fender suggests the back of the bridge should be raised 1/8" from the body for a floating trem. See here: http://www.fender.com/support/stratocas ... _guide.php
Perhaps yours is double that distance and the trem block is starting to touch the back of the trem cavity and could start causing all sorts of problems. Screw in the two trem claw screws until the bridge comes down to Fender specs and might as well give your guitar a whole setup. Then tweak from there for what settings you like best.
Here's a diagram that might help you visualize where the starting point of a trem block should look like, keep in mind this is of a blocked (not floating) trem however so it would be leaning a little bit towards the back of the wall when floating, but certainly NOT anywhere near touching it:

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right mine has a gap in between the bridge plate and the body but in the pic u showed me down by the block on the spring side its touching up there almost like the springs are pulling to hard/much os something.



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So the trem block is hitting the spring side and not the back side as I presumed? And the bridge is still floating? Wow! I never have seen that before! I'm stumped. You shouldn't be having this problem on a brand new Strat.

Are the two bridge stud screws raised super high? Can you take the guitar back to the shop where you got it from? Or can you post a pic of the problem? I'm still baffled how a floating bridge can have its trem block resting against the front of the cavity.

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yup now u got it sorry i didnt realy know how to explain it. but yea its hitting there and its still floating....i know i mean i paid over $1300.00 for it and truthfully i dont wanna mess with it and mess it up even worse...the bridge stud screws....ummm i dont think so..but i dont realy know cuz i dont know how high there suposed to be. i can take it back to where i got it from but the guys there dont realy seem to know what there talking about and its not on fenders list of places with i guess a certified fender tech. umm i dont have a camera right now mabey if u had a cell phone i could pic mail it to u?

I would say that those 2 bridge screws are too high...just like metropolis stated.It seems like the only thing that could cause that to happen.Is the bridge angled back and hitting the body or totally flush?...does that make sense?

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yup thatmakes perfect sence i get what ur saying umm i just experimented with it and loosened those two big screws that hold the plate that holds the springs and that did the trick.issue resolved thank you guys so much!

Those bridge screws need to be set so the top of front edge of the bridgeplate is around 1/8" off the face of the guitar. Any other string height adjustment should be done at the saddles.

If you have the desired 1/8" gap, the back of the trem raised a bit and the tremblock is still hitting the springside of the cutout. You need to return the guitar and get a replacement. It sounds like the tremposts are in the wrong place or have moved.

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Hi, I have a 88 standard strat mia. The guy said a pro had set it up, but it doesn't feel like it. The trem block is touching the body, only on one side though. It almost looks as it were sitting crooked. Any ideas?