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Bill, I don't think this is common. It should be fairly stable. Perhaps you
need to tighten the claw again. Go to your library or buy Dan Erlewine's
"Guitar Player Repair Guide". He explains a techinque for dealing with the
strat trem during restringing that involves a little wooden block you wedge
in the trem cavity. Once I started doing this my restringing sessions went
much faster and I got much better results from my Strat.
Good luck,
BN
>
> I've got an American Standard Strat which I recently set the trem arm
> on. What I did was put 5 springs on it and unscrewed the claw that
> holds the springs to the body a bit, so I could pull up on the trem(I
> had it set previously so I could only push down on it)So right now I
> can pull up on the trem and it bends the note exactly 1/2 step.
>
> What my problem is, is that everytime my palm touches the bridge it
> moves which is bad because it gives everything I play a tremelo
> sound. Now is this common? Being that I'm used to tightned up
> against the body it feels awfully different.
> Or should I just adjust my playing to this?
>
>
> Bill
