[lumberjim]

update.

i reopened the back of my strat, tightened those big screws down to within 3/8" of full, which flattened that trem right down. Then i googled setting intonation and found that the idea is to have the 12th fret postion be the halfway point on the string. Most of my strings would be good open, but on the 12th fret, 1/8" off to the sharp side on my tuner graphic. I had to lengthen those strings, retune, recheck. repeat. took me 1/2 hour, but it was fun. sounds nice now, plus the action is back to how i remember it, and i can play it again.