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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
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I thought an in-tune guitar with certain strings will create a certain tension? Can it be altered? If strings were too tight it’d be out of tune, sharp, no? Or (highly likely) am I missing something?