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yeah thats right if the tail piece is fixed, like on a les Paul for instance. but a bridge like on a strat is balancing on an edge with strings pulling one way and springs pulling the other.

thats what allows you to modulate the tension with the tremolo arm.

like I mentioned before, you can block this off with a bit of wood and it will become fixed and do away with this problem. but you lose the use of the tremolo

ok, if you haven't put heavier strings on I think you may have put too much tension in to the strings causing the bridge to be pulled up. so the issue isn't with the springs holding back the bridge, its the opposite. floating bridges are a bit of a balancing act and can be a pain to set up.

in that case I would slacken the strings right off, get the e strings roughly in tune then tune up the other 4 but marginally increase the tension on each string, working from the outside going in, much like cutlery. once they're at the right tension try retuning it but keeping in mind you might throw the other strings out of tune, so don't go too far on each one.

other way is to block off the tremolo with a bit of wood and tune it up, then take the block out and retune it. that would be the easy way to do it at least.

I've never owned a strat but used to have Floyd rose trems to set up and this was usually what I did. once it's set up it's usually pretty stable

do as skully says, cold set it and get with riding it

Have you changed string gauge? That can cause the bridge to lift like that. Also tuning can do that. If you find your continually tightening the strings to get it in tune

Any update on your 201? This has been on my list for long time. Very jealous. Even if it doesn't work

that front rack and crate on the previous page is in my way, I really don't to take it to the tip, free to anyone who wants it and I can drop it off locally as well

passenger took the photo as we were trying to show he didn't have a front brake but thanks for the tip.

This is him, just managed to catch up to him by this point. He has a hivis thing and a light,so probably considers himself a safe rider.

was driving down western road the other day and happened to come across a hipster dad type with a grey beard, riding on a brown off the peg fixed with white wheels, brakeless, no foot retention and from what I could tell a heavy gear ratio, looked like 50t/16t sort of thing. he wasn't the most observant rider either.

anyway, if anyone knows him or sees him could it be pointed out he's pretty deadly and not in a good way. likely to crash in to a child type of deadly

how much would you like for this frame?

jerry can

What happened to the golli in the pub?

This one should be easy.

Burton walk in Hove!

£10 delivered

that thing is awesome! wants to make one now. and a betamax version

Yeah in Uk. I don't drink Evian it's just Tescos 2ltr 18p spring water. The tap water here is pretty rough and the chlorine is quite high and was having an affect.

a lot of that comes from experiencing some sort of poverty, forcing you to be resourceful and make the most of what you have. I've noticed this quite a lot with my friends my age where we were kids in 1992, interest rates were sky high, mortgages were super expensive and all our parents were hella broke. a lot of us behave the same with our stuff (hoard/penny pinch) in the same sort of way war time people do/did.

it's markedly different to people I work with born in the 90s or have never experienced a point of literally having no money to live off. they simply don't do it and think it's crazy.

if anyone needs some lolly sticks, just let me know. got boxes full of them

£120 New Years offer yo!

This thread has prompted me to get a water filter on the kitchen tap as OP suggested he will be doing. I pretty much only drink water and it's all bottled. The tap water tastes like some jabroni has been swimming in it so it results in piles of plastic bottles in the recycle bin.

Turns out I'll be saving loads even buying new filters every six months so good on the dollar too

it's a lot like wheel building really, bit of an art and getting the balance right. experience, as you say. get stuck in, theres nothing that can really be broken on a guitar unless you go way too far

fair enough, I was coming at it from a point of view of having set up lots of guitars in the past but appreciate most people wouldn't have done that sort of thing.

should be pretty easy to sort if it is what I think it is. I would just clean/file and fill the groove in the nut (assuming its an open string thats giving the buzz) with packed out bicarbonate of soda and a drop of super glue, repeating until the groove is built up. that will fill up the groove to be rock solid, much like the nut, then file it back to where it needs to be. that would raise the string enough to clear the frets it's buzzing on.

It's an easy job to do yourself. Probably be a tutorial on YouTube

thats weldable.

its not in a structural part and it doesn't require heat treating, since it's 7000 grade aluminium. potentially an easy job

theres a good diy/home use gas deal boc do, you need to mention its the 'volkszone' deal thing to a rep and they probably know what you're on about.

its to compete with the rent free deals other people do. works out pretty good when I last looked in to it