oh man I appreciate the response, all good. Although a lead player for many years, I never used the tremolos much and some years ago abandoned the hassle of floyd roses even on other more 'metal' guitars lol, i primarily used fixed bridges, so i havent gone off on the PRS tremolo, but i do press and pull on it a little to help stretch strings and hopefully the tremolo itself. but i stretch the strings as much as I can at first, Ive had pretty good luck over the years with guitars in that regard. Im hoping the nut is the biggie here; Im loving the feel and natural tone of the PRS, id like this to be my main guitar, hence the customization im soon to embark on with it to make it even more 'mine'. Ive got a good luthier lined up and hes gonna set it up for 10 gauge strings which ill keep constant.
so we'll see! ill report to this forum after I get my guitar back, gonna be interesting, Ill of course tell my guy about the tuning issues