Black Crackle HM Strat For Sale

[heem6]

For sale - Fender HM (Heavy Metal) Strat. In the rare Black Crackle paint job. Price - $495 + actual shipping to CONUS.

Guitar plays great, sounds great and stays in tune. Whammy bar included. Seymour Duncan Custom Custom bridge pickup.
Both stock Fender single coils have been overwound to about 9k, similar in resistance to SSL-5's. Neck plate says USA, but
these were all Made in Japan at the legendary FujiGen factory (home of Team J-Craft). Some were assembled in USA. Glossy
finish removed from neck and tung oil applied, now it plays and feels like one of those good old oiled Charvel necks.

Paint job is in good shape. Guitar has many tiny dings that don't go through to the wood. Looks great from 2 feet away.
I've made a short sound clip so you can hear what it sounds like. I move through pickup positions 2 - 5 clean, and then a
distorted riff on the bridge pickup. Sound Clip

[lbeast]

Say it ain't so Jim! You're selling one of your HMs? Oh the humanity!

[heem6]

S'truth! Don't worry though, I still have three left and the neck to build out one more!

[mistercleeze]

Unfortunately I can't buy it right now, or I would - looks awesome.

I DO have a question though: What did you use to remove the glossy finish from the neck? I've got one HM where that was done, and two others, and I like that one a lot better. A couple of good players I know said they didn't know any good way, and that sanding didn't work very well... not wanting to screw up one of my HMs, I didn't try it. Any recommendations there? Did you sand, or use a solvent?

[heem6]

I have always used 60 grit sandpaper, to get through the gloss, and then a lighter grade (maybe 180?) to smooth it out.

I would probably avoid paint stripper because if any of that ever gets on your bare hands it's bad news. We're talking chemical burn. I would also avoid using 0000 steel wool as that leaves a grey tint in the wood.

Then use an old t-shirt and rub in tung oil all over the neck. When it's coated and has sat for 1/2 hour, rub up and down with the t-shirt until the friction heats it up and it gets warm. Then let it set overnight and repeat the next day.

Best of luck!

[heem6]

[riffinjman71]

    Hi, I'm curious to know if Your HM Strat here is still for sale..?

Best Regards,

RiffinJman71~Jeremy

Feb 1, 2013 17:29:04 GMT -5 heem6 said:

For sale - Fender HM (Heavy Metal) Strat. In the rare Black Crackle paint job. Price - $495 + actual shipping to CONUS.

Guitar plays great, sounds great and stays in tune. Whammy bar included. Seymour Duncan Custom Custom bridge pickup.
Both stock Fender single coils have been overwound to about 9k, similar in resistance to SSL-5's. Neck plate says USA, but
these were all Made in Japan at the legendary FujiGen factory (home of Team J-Craft). Some were assembled in USA. Glossy
finish removed from neck and tung oil applied, now it plays and feels like one of those good old oiled Charvel necks.

Paint job is in good shape. Guitar has many tiny dings that don't go through to the wood. Looks great from 2 feet away.
I've made a short sound clip so you can hear what it sounds like. I move through pickup positions 2 - 5 clean, and then a
distorted riff on the bridge pickup. Sound Clip