Originally Posted by: Ian Rossiter... (BTW, my Strat is set up w/ 0.10's too due to the vintage fretwire and the neck itself,which dosen't seem as hearty as my Tele's. The bridge is tightened down as much as it can and I never use the Trem.)...
Ian

[font=trebuchet ms]One of the two guitars I've parted with over the years that I would like to have back again, is a 1986 MIJ '62 reissue Strat. The trem was sucking the tone out of it, so I milled a big block of brass to press-fit the cavity under the bridge. I took out the trem and replaced it with the brass block, screwing the bridge plate firmly to the block. That pretty lil' lady really sang after that. You should toss that trem, and fill the hole in the body with something substantial. Hardwood would do just fine. I used brass simply because I could.[/font]