Hey guys, I just bought a 2004 American Stratocaster HH from my local guitar center. I am normally a Gibson, but I fell in love with this Fender after giving it a try on a whim. Anyways when I got it home I popped of the backplate and noticed that the tremolo bridge was screwed all the way into the body. I don't use the tremolo arm so I don't care I just wanted to make sure that this okay to have it look like this. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks in advance.

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If you're not going to use the trem, that is probably ok.
Though it's not having the tremolo screwed all the way to the body. It's having the claw screwed all the way to the body. As long as the leading edge of the tremolo plate on the face of the guitar is not screwed right down, you should be good to go.

If ever you want to use the trem for pull ups, just release the screws screwing the claw into the body a little bit.

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Okay, I just wanted to make sure that if the claw was screwed all the way in like that, that it wouldn't effect the body in some weird way. The bridge sits like a hardtail bridge would, flush with the body.

Yeah man thats ok. It won't hurt anything. It makes the trem pretty useless though. So don't bother putting the trem arm in the guitar. You'll be fine as it is.

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