Jurius
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"If they are really pulling down on the bridge, it can cause the bridge to slant toward the nut making it hard to intonate the guitar. This would be more of an issue with an ABR-1 than with a Nashville bridge."
This quote was intended to state that if the strings do pull down on the bridge, the bridge would pull foward and this forward pull would happen more on an ABR-1 than would on an Nashville Bridge. And yes, the strings touching the bridge would occur mostly on Nashville bridges because it is wider. I have seen it happen to ABR-1 bridges where the bridge is high, the tailpiece is low and the bridge is already leaning foward, then you will get strings possibly touching the bridge. At this point you would probably be breaking strings quite frequently because the break angle is too steep.
I understand what you're saying. I think we're all on the same page now.