I just wanted to update you all on my very interesting journey with the patented floating tremolo! PRS support gave me very specific and clear instructions on how to "deck" the bridge. I did that very carefully. I played like that for a few days and it was very stable as far as the tuning goes. I could still here strings dropping off when I bend another string and I just couldn't get my mind off that little cavity behind the bridge, so like I said before I slowly formed a piece of mahogany to fill it snuggly. I don't know but maybe it's just that I want to believe it, but the guitar itself seems a bit more resonant and sustains better (which I love). Now there's no strings dropping off when I bend! I bought a little kit from Nomad Music with feelers, radius gauges, and a very nice string height adjustment thingy (saw it here on the forum first) My wife helped me do all this, of course, so I didn't forget steps! (I am an old guy after all, my first "battle of the bands" was in 1969) That same year I bought a brand new 69 Les Paul gold top with the mini humbuckers. The only Les Paul I ever owned that I wish I could have back!
After all that I just want to say that this is the kindest and probably the most helpful forum I've ever been on. (the Pro tools forum is a close second) but not everyone there loves Pro tools there. Here I think most people love the product! I do