ok, as discussed before kahlers work with the strings being attached to a cam and then going over saddles which nver move whilst playing so you can palm mute to your hearts content without going out of tune. Problem is that the saddles need to be raised to a certain height so you dont loose all tension on them when using the trem - this is where a lot of people go wrong with kahlers because the bridge design lets you lower the saddles past the point where they will function correctly. Why they cant just thicken the base plate under the saddles so the lowest position was a functional one is beyond me.
Here is mine from the side, the saddles are set at there lowest usuable point to maintain a good break angle when using the trem and the whole unit is recessed into the body - its currently set so the string would touch the fretboard because thats the theoretical lowest point i will ever need
I could have gone about it different ways but you cant deny these bridges are bulky buggers. here is what it would look like if i didnt recess it
On a smaller sized exlorer like this i think it looks a little daft.
the only compromise is that now the little allen key that lets me lock the trem is not accessible so i will need to add a small channel behing the bridge to solve that
