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They control how the wammy bar works, if you tighten them they let the bar dip and if you loosen them the bar will pull. I haven't had a strat for about ten years but as fgar as I can remember that's how it works.

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They allow the bridge to flex in order to use the whammy bar to bend the notes.

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