Thread: Guitarists, help please

Okay, I just bought my first strat after playing on a Telecaster for a long time. Different bridge system so I'm unfamilair with it. Anyways, it came stock with some light gauge strings. They broke last week so I bought some heavier strings (10-46) and just strung the guitar out then started tuning. The tension was higher than I expected and then I noticed the bridge. It seems to be way too high. Idk about this, I'm not familiar with strats. The back of the bridge sits about a quarter of an inch out of it's seating. Is this normal? I might be able to post pics later. But if it's not cool beans, how do i fix this? Tremolo arm was out of the guitar also.

Edit: Yes, I don't have a Gibson LP either, I want one though