new member :-)

[edgehog]

Hi all,
I was pleasantly surprised by this forum.
Apparently I'm not the only one with an HM strat :-)

Some facts about my HM strat (pics & serial will follow later):

I bought it in august 1989 (new) for about 900 EUR.
It's a white guitar with maple fretboard and HSS pickups.
All parts are original.
It's a bit dinged up, but still in excellent condition, including the Spyder trem.
The only thing that has ever been changed (except for the strings of course) is that I had some frets filed a bit by a luthier (bad factory assembly).

I did not play a lot on it over the years, but now I'm thinking of tuning it in drop C.
Is this possible on these guitars?

greetz!

[heem6]

Hi EdgeHog,

Welcome to the forum! Yep, we're all HM Strat lovers here.

Is that right that you bought your Strat used in 1999? Or was that supposed to be 1989?

I don't see why you couldn't do a drop tuning. If you get a lot of buzz you can shim up the nut a bit, raise the bridge and most of the guys who do that put on heavier sets of strings.

Look forward to pics and add'l info!

[feloniusb]

Hi Edgehog,

your axe sounds awsome. can't wait for a picture. i'd play with the truss rod (carefully!) and microtilt on the neck before using a shim which might hurt your sustain. yeah i agree, heavier guage strings might do some good too.

[heem6]

May 13, 2009 21:16:53 GMT -5 feloniusb said:

Hi Edgehog,

your axe sounds awsome. can't wait for a picture. i'd play with the truss rod (carefully!) and microtilt on the neck before using a shim which might hurt your sustain. yeah i agree, heavier guage strings might do some good too.

D'Oh! I was at work when I responded to this and totally spaced on the microtilt! Thanks for the reminder, Felony!

[edgehog]

May 13, 2009 17:46:24 GMT -5 heem6 said:

Is that right that you bought your Strat used in 1999? Or was that supposed to be 1989?

That's 1989 of course :-)

[edgehog]

Tnx for the replies guys!
I'll take some pictures as soon as I have batteries for my cam :-)

Here's the serial:
E841032


greetz

[nickwellings]

Hi and welcome, edgehog. I think definitely you can do C tuning on the guitars. I think it would sound very METAAAL! Of course you may have to adjust things as Jim says. Would love to see pics.

[halo71]

Hey edge! Welcome to the forum......