strat bridge replacement

[apgrower]

is it possible to replace the original bridge set up on stratocaster with a whammy bar with bridge that does not have a whammy bar? is there a exact replacement? i can handle the intonation etc but i dont have any exp with fenders but am salivating over a california strat with a rosewood fingerboard in nicely aging white finish. but i hate whammy bars so does someone know?
thanks in advance

[walterw]

the beauty of the fender strat trem is that all you have to do is add a spring or two and crank the 2 trem claw screws down, and bam, instant fixed bridge! (be sure to adjust the 6 screws that hold down the front edge of the trem so that the whole thing sits flat on the body, so not too tight.)

[apgrower]

outstanding
i just hope i didnt dither too long cannot raise the fellow on a landline
but thanks for the info, i am a dyed in the wool gibson man have zero exp with these but love this guitar. they always sound so tinny but he re arranged the tone controls somehow to resolve the breaking glass sound by the bridge pickup

[walterw]

that would be the little trick of moving the mid pickup tone control to the bridge pickup.

[testing1two]

The trem can be blocked in a number of ways and there are lots of nifty wiring tricks too including the one walter mentioned above. You have lots of options, just search the threads and see...