Mark this one "Saved by Spudman." I've used his technique of restringing Floyd-equipped guitars of running the ball-end through the tuning post and then trimming the string to the proper length. It leaves you with a little extra around the post in case a string breaks at the bridge.

What does this have to do with this thread? Well, we're going to practice for the first time tomorrow and I'm going to have to bring my electric because I don't have the acoustic just yet. I was practicing by myself tonight and my "A" came unraveled at the bridge. I'm due for new strings and have noticed some tuning irregularities. Now I know why. A quick snipping of the string and "borrowing" some slack from the tuning post and we were back in business. At least it didn't happen while we were practicing together.