How do you set your bridge - floating or fixed?

[rkwrenn]

All my strats are set up non floating except the '76. I installed a graph tech trem nut on it recently and decided to let it float a bit about 1/16. Also, they all have 5 springs.

Cheers,

Bob

[Tim]

I have had my bridge fixed against the body for 3 years. I am ready to try floating it and learn how to work the tremolo arm. Can I just loosen it or do I have to go through the hole set up from scratch? Any ideas on how far to float it?

[Robert****]

pes_laul, you just loosen the two spring screws at the back of guitar. There is usually a plate that you have to take off first.

It should work for a Squier too. It will probably be harder to keep the guitar in tune if you do this, especially on a Squier.

[pes_laul]

pes_laul, you just loosen the two spring screws at the back of guitar. There is usually a plate that you have to take off first.

It should work for a Squier too. It will probably be harder to keep the guitar in tune if you do this, especially on a Squier.

but the two screws how far do they go out and since their wood screws wont they pull out of the body

(im a little paranoid cuz this is my only guitar right now)

[Iago]

mine was floating... not that I really used the vibrato bar all time.. actually, I almost never used it.. it was set that way mainly because of my inexperience.

[333maxwell]

I like to have my tremolo bridge floating, so I can pull the bar up as well as push it down, to make tremolo effects. The drawback is it goes out of tune easier, and I also think the sound might be a little thinner. I guess that's why some people prefer the "hard tail way", a fixed bridge so you can only push the tremolo bar down.

Which do you prefer?

I block my Floyds with a piece of Hardwood so they only go down.

Keeps them in tune better, intonation dead on, string guage changes are a snap, and any string breakage on stage can be played right thru without loss of tuning.