Heavy Metal Strat???

[axegrinder]

Looking for some info on a guitar I saw locally. It looks like a HM Strat except it is a MIK Squier with a pointy headstock? Does anyone know the model name or what years they were produced?

 

It looked like this one except it didn't have the fancy paint and it was an HSS config.

 

[Dougie.Douglas]

Looks like a Stagemaster to me...

[elsupermanny14]

Looks bad ass to me! I totally want it!

[nateispro]

i have an 98 one of those except mines white and a bolt on, never been able to find very much info, but i believe they were made in the ibanez factory, or possibly the smack factory in korea.

[thecornman]

I was just going to post about that same guitar except red. There is a used one at a local shop I could pickup for about 200, but I don't know much about these. I remember seeing them when they came out years ago, but not much else. Don't know if it would be worth the money.

[nateispro]

 

I was just going to post about that same guitar except red. There is a used one at a local shop I could pickup for about 200, but I don't know much about these. I remember seeing them when they came out years ago, but not much else. Don't know if it would be worth the money.

 

 

there definitely worth the money, just slap some better pickups in and your ready to go. love the neck on mine, real fast!

[JoeFatFish]

Try it out. If you like playing it and sounds good to you, buy the {censored}ing thing! You a player or a collector? Woo hoo!!!

 

 

I was just going to post about that same guitar except red. There is a used one at a local shop I could pickup for about 200, but I don't know much about these. I remember seeing them when they came out years ago, but not much else. Don't know if it would be worth the money.

 

[axegrinder]

It's sitting in a crappy pawn shop...I think for $120. The missing control plate allowed me to see the plywood body. There was also a Washburn MG-24 for $65 that needs major TLC. But alas, I need another project guitar like I need a hole in my head...translation: If I bring home another project guitar I'll end up with a hole in my head.

[Deadbeat Son]

When I was in HS, my closest friend bought one of those. It must have been 1989 or 1990. I'm leaning toward '89 though. Haven't seen one in years!

 

I recall he still had it when he went to college in 1992. Also, his was black crackle with red, white, and blue underneath if I remember correctly. (Maybe just red and white.)

[D34dBaWx]

It's sitting in a crappy pawn shop...I think for $120. The missing control plate allowed me to see the plywood body. There was also a Washburn MG-24 for $65 that needs major TLC. But alas, I need another project guitar like I need a hole in my head...translation: If I bring home another project guitar I'll end up with a hole in my head.

Buy it and I will trade you a non modded squier 51 for it

[wartoxin]

Kinda between the squire stagemaster and this one:

 

I like the way it just says Strat, kinda silly

[Slave2TheAudio]

Kinda between the squire stagemaster and this one: I like the way it just says Strat, kinda silly

 

I would take that over the guitar in the OP anyday. That one in the OP is {censored}ing ugly.

[Teletypist]

Heavy Metal Strat???

 

The question has gone to make my mind go Californea.

 

God help the questioner - on this Earth there is no salvation for him.

[D34dBaWx]

That guitar is filthy... Thats why I want it. No joke on the 51 trade.

[axegrinder]

I wasn't aware that this thread got bumped back up today. I did happen back in the pawn shop after lunch and I ended up making a deal.

 

Only the neck resembles the guitar in my original post. It's an HSS configuration with a nicely faded cream/white finish. The previous owner installed some sort of Seymour Duncan HB and a pushpull pot that I haven't figured out. The strings are dead and the frets/fretboard are grimey. But I think it will clean up nicely. The whammy bar is gone, but all the screws, fine tuners, and locking nut are intact.

 

I can snap some pics later if anyone cares.

[axegrinder]

Heavy Metal Strat??? The question has gone to make my mind go Californea. God help the questioner - on this Earth there is no salvation for him.

 

I didn't invent the HM Strat moniker. You'll have to discuss that with the folks at Fender.

 

I like traditional SSS strats, but I also enjoy what an HSS setup can do.

 

I also like how your baboon avatar matches with the sample pic in my 1st post.

[ExiledCrow]

If we want pics? IF? C'mon man, you know how we are! :poke:

[nickeroo]

Sounds like you gotz yourself a Squier HS-3, or 2.

[axegrinder]

Sounds like you gotz yourself a Squier HS-3, or 2.

Cool, thanks!

[nickeroo]

My bad, I meant HM2 or HM3. HSes are Dimarzio pickups. FACEPALM.

[axegrinder]

My bad, I meant HM2 or HM3. HSes are Dimarzio pickups. FACEPALM.

Got it...thanks again! Based on what I could drum up on Google...it is an HM-2. Getting ready to head home and tear this thing apart.

[axegrinder]

Well I finally got a couple pics uploaded.

 

I haven't torn the thing apart yet because as my first guitar with a FR-type bridge, I want to make sure I do it right. I think I know what to do now, so I may be blocking the bridge and cutting the strings tonight.

 

After spending a little more time playing this through a decent amp, I think I have a winner.

 

 

[evh1984]

 

 

I can SO see myself two-handed tapping and whammy wanking on that

[nateispro]

so do you like the neck? i think they were better then any ibanez neck of that era.

[axegrinder]

so do you like the neck? i think they were better then any ibanez neck of that era.

It reminds me very much of my Squier II neck from the same era except for the bigger frets, large radius, rosewood, and tiltback pointy stock. Otherwise just the same.

 

Seriously though, until I get the thing setup with proper low action, polished frets and clean board, I can't make a FULL assessment. It does look promising.