Strat trem... makes this newbie uneasy

[TS808]

I tend to leave my trems floating on my strats, and really feel they sustain pretty well. Some prefer them flat, others like me, like them floating. Honestly I never noticed a loss of sustain by floating them.

[Spudman***]

I tend to leave my trems floating on my strats, and really feel they sustain pretty well. Some prefer them flat, others like me, like them floating. Honestly I never noticed a loss of sustain by floating them.

I'm like that too but for some reason I have one Strat that the trem wasn't very stable on and I blocked that one with a piece of alder. Now the guitar has much better sustain. I won't do that with the rest because I like the "sproingy" sound from a floating bridge. This one guitar really benefited from the block though.