Another thing... when I bought my first guitar ( a dean flying V with floyd rose) the tremolo had a lower level on the bridge (below the horizont to say so) this was caused by string being on the guitar for too long, as soon as I changed them the thing just got fine... so maybe from factory you do can have a bad adjustment so no worry there.

Wait till someone has another opinon on the forum, maybe I'm missing something, I don't know too much bout strats (i just don't like em' so I don't dig too much on how they work) so, we must wait for maybe Adam (Aschleman on the boards) he is one of a kind strat lover, he must have the answer.

Hang in here, lots of help from the coolest people over the net.

Rock on bro... don't disspair.