Originally Posted by: rockonn91with a strat, you cant do a full dive bomb, but you should be able to bend the notes some.

although, with the squires that I've played, the most you can bend the note up or down is just like one whole step.

I've got a strat copy and I'm able to dive bomb on it. I know I can't it I do it regularly, I need to have the bar pointing tward the back and then pull it up pretty hard.