Personally, if I were doing a lot of bends with open strings, I'd use one of my hardtails. The open notes will go flat regardless of floating or not,...
The artist formerly known as "radrock"
Axis Hardtail TransPurple #89749 (3/28/97)
Reflex Classic White #G71108 (7/14/14)
Cutlass StarryNight #G79870 (12/14/16)