hm strat hardware

[yamahafred]

new to this stuff so sorry in advance...
bought an 88 hm strat for 75 bucks, good shape, orange creamsicle colored, bridge in good shape, dropped a dimarzio fred in the bridge, chopper in the neck and an air norton in the mid, it screams, great sounding and playing one prob though...
the locking nut hardware was missing when i got it, any iggy's on where to find screws and plates that will fit? any help would be greatly appreciated.

[lbeast]

Kahlerusa.com & wammiworld.com. They have original stock parts for tremolos & bridges for the Spyder. eBay is also a sound choice for parts when they are selling on there. You can get stainless steel locking bolts at True Value Hardware that will fit it also. I have some of those on one of my HMs. Make sure you get the correct length though. Hope this helps.

$75.00 bucks? What a steal. Is it in good condition?

I think the orange you speak of is a light pink which HMs were painted with back in the day and it has aged to produce the light orange you have now, unless of course it has been repainted.

[yamahafred]

pretty good, a little rust on the screws and nicks on the paint, nothing crazy, the bridge had some rust but the saddles were good, one of the tone knobs is missing it's fender logo cap .
there was some green corosion on the 21st fret but no pitting and the rest were good. However the neck and mid pickup were dead so i replaced them with single spaced humbuckers to crunch it up. for a 22 year old guitar it's pretty good and plays great, gotta do some work on the case though the hinges are garbage.

[yamahafred]

Thanks for the info it 's really appreciated

[lbeast]

If it is a standard Fender case from back in the day, they aren't that great. I have one Fender standard case where the plastic is separating from the styrofoam underneath. The Fender deluxe cases are better and the G&G Custom Shop cases are the best.

BTW you can replace the "F" logo tone knob cap with a plain knob cap from Allparts.com. It won't have the Fender logo on it, but it won't look rag tag either. I see people buying Fender logo capped knobs on eBay for exorbitant prices all the time when they could just bite the bullet and get the same knob from allparts without the logo.

Some peeps gotsta have they logo. Ya feel me homeslice?

[yamahafred]

yep got a fender knob in black that fits, more interested in fixing the slight hum/crackle i get when it turn it up, only have it when the brdge pickup is selected, i'll probably clean it and let'er rip.
pretty sure i can fix the case, hell vintage beater looks cooler anyhow, all the gear's for go not show, tone counts most!!!

[heem6]

I would recommend getting a Floyd Rose R9 lock nut instead of a Kahler lock nut. The Kahler's had a 12" radius and it does not match the 17" neck radius of the HM's. With the Kahler nut, the two middle strings sit higher than the rest of the strings.

R9 = 15" radius, 42.8mm width.

This guy on eBay carries them:
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Or if you want to get the exact right radius (17"), you can get an Ibanez RG lock nut over at www.ibanez rules.com

P.S. Make sure you get some of the nut shims in case one is shorter than your stock Kahler nut.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SCORE!!

[yamahafred]

thanks for the info