Yeah I've seen that 1/8" recommendation Fender has on their website for how fair the tail of the bridgeplate
is supposed to be off the body, but I'm not sure if they mean when setting up a two point or a six. I've always
surmised that initially Leo's intention was to have it flat on the body and allowed to rock forward where the bevel
is at the beveled edge underneath the bridge plate at the screws, giving it only the ability to go flat. Could be wrong of course.
I just think that when they went to the two point in 1986, it was a come from behind answer to all of the
new Floyd Rose equipped super strats that had been eating Fender's lunch. They had this massive market
of new guitarists with everyone and their brother wanting to sound like EVH, Vai, George Lynch etc; and
bend up as well as down with the tremolo in a fashion like doing that thing that makes one go blind.
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