Fender HM Strat

I always wanted to buy a Fender HM strat in the late 80s. It was never in fashion though as others such (charvel and jackson) were doing much better. The feeling was great and the sound was great. I bought this guitar in Athens/Greece for 500$ in June/1991.

Fender HM strat plays and sounds great. It is unreasonably low-priced indicating that it is simply out of fashion. The neck is extremely fast and long and not as fat as in the conventional strats.

This guitar does n't look great. It never did.

I have this guitar for almost 15 years now and never need it to change or repair a thing.

I would recommend anyone outhere to own this guitar. You will then enjoy an everlasting sound that rocks

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Made in the USA in 1989 - HSS-config else was said ....

UTILIZATION

handle very nice and fast access to acute spotless (and I have beaters!)
Just a problem with the volume knob is too close to the hand and therefore annoying but with a little practice, here goes.
Good violin, the beast is heavy and sounds good, you can feel it vibrate when you play, it's great!

SOUNDS

I use it in a hard rock & marshall jcm 2000 tsl 100 and décoiffe serious here .. I have a digitech RP 350 rack and an equalizer in the effects loop and preamp BB front, everything here makes me a palette of varied sounds.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for almost 22 years and it remains my favorite poutant I tried a bit of everything (from vigier ibanez JS). What I like most is that she keeps in a sound strat single coil, double humbucker on the other hand, it has a level of output that sends!

This is a guitar that hardly anyone knows but that seduces all who try it, I think we have not finished hear ....

Manufactured in: United States
Saddle sleeve 24 jumbo frets rosewood fingerboard
Vibrato is a Khalli and the nut block string of the same brand.
It is the only dtail that EHJV this skyscraper. Nothing to do with a Floyd Rose.
Gotoh 6 mcaniques oil bath
Configuring pickups: 2 single DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan or a double Fender Custom Shop, vrifier, I never open the belly of the BTE.
1 volume, 1 Tone knob + 1 for micro Bridge, an inverter 5 positions + 1 mini splitter switch for the humbucker
Channel C trs end. The head is black lacquer with srigraphi Start logo in pink and gray;
Trussrod accessible from the heel plate sleeve Matte Black 4 screws
serious Fender made in United States
The body is frne or poplar, I do not know and paint in old rose (Shell Pink). Over time some areas have become orange shoes.

UTILIZATION

The neck is super fine over a standard Start. It's fast comfortable hand never tires and Access in acute is fairly easy although trs Most recent internship boxes are fine.
The guitar is very well balance, its weight is virtually identical to that of a Start. There are no pickguard and the pickups are directly visss in the body.

SOUNDS

First, be aware that this scraper is designed to send. In his clear, both are excellent with simple normment brightness and clarity of a PCHE incredible. They are prcis and incisive. Ditto for the humbucker, but hey, it is not for. Forget the rhythmic funk, nothing beats a good old Strat amricaine.
Saturation:
Then the ecstasy of it as much as we do a little max combinations between the inverter, the switch and 3 knobs.
The higher up the volume, and nothing sounds more drool.
Plans flashy spend alone, the sound is clear and straightforward.
Everything is whistling harmonics, dboule serious. Dfoulement fully insured.
Against by the microphones and require a touch attack impccable
irrprochable right hand. If you play rough, you are likely to be caused because you have to play almost all the knobs for an optimal background.
In any case it has everything to do heavy and Jazz Rock Fusion instrumental. For the rest, I rve a Gibson 335.

OVERALL OPINION

I possde this guitar for quite some years and I never left her. This is one of my guitars prfre. Everything is original, I have not changed. But I think installing another vibrato, because the force be Khalli shake does not return so quickly.
The knives are trs uss and thread of fine tuning is not the best of shape.
In short, I purchased this 2500 francs a luthier friend (thank you Kamel) there is a dozen years. Since I have only changed the strings and nothing else. I love this guitar.
I seek in vain another HM Start but with a touch mapple neck.
I have other Start and a team of James Trussardi EMG pickups and a Floyd but it is true with my "Pinky" I m'clate most.

So it is hard to identify the trs tural config the scratch
I possde an HM United States from 1987
Alder body I guess
Humbucker pickups fender custom scratches for this
2 simple fender
Kahler tremolo (vibrato excellent, you'd almost have a floyd! Sincrement one of the best known but voila, there are more spices spare)
Electronics trs complte, 5-way switch, plus selector which I do not know anything about each position: p I reckon that splits ca
Profile handle C, finer

UTILIZATION

I used to shred the, rock'n'roll and hardrock
Its level, it is for, it surpasses my old Ibanez prestige or Vigier

SOUNDS

As mentioned above, it made for rock
So it is not necessarily super versatile, I find the sound cleans plastic and without my
She is at ease from the crunch has lead to many saturated.
I put 7 as it is clearly not versatile, but for the lead / shred the value is 1 September

OVERALL OPINION

This is a guitar rare that one has not seen any street corner!
Have one's really a chance: p
It took me a year to find mine in that I wanted CHARACTERISTICS (micro fender cs, key rosewood, made in Corona United States, ...)

Attention all the same to prospective purchasers of these guitars, although the year vrifier Fast Fashion your scratching, after those of 1989 are absolutely worthless, the logo of the head is chang the pickups are not the same (bah dja on some pre-89 bridge pickup was replaced by a t Di Marzio is less authentic)
In short, it's a super cool but scratches really must seek and find the right one: p