[Dave]

Originally Posted by Stitch

You're absolutely nuts. An .080 at A? That/s an insane amount of tension for 27". How many springs are you using?

Ahh it's only a couple of extra lbs over the D string with a 56 gauge
I've got 4 springs in after installing the tremol-no, I did have 5 in before that

[7 Dying Trees]

Man, I play in A standard am like heavy strings, and use .70's on my 25.5" guitars. I found 70 to be really tight (in combination with a 10-52 set) and good enough for heavy handed picking, so maybe try that? On 27" scale it should be more than good enough for A.

However, if you are tuning down, 80 may be feasable, but for A tuning in 27" scale that's a hell of a lot. On my (metal ken's ex) 1077 I found that playing with my usual 10-70 was just too much, so i throttled back to make the tension feel like the others. However, the strings do feel thinner, and what you're probably finding is that the strings feel lighter because of the thickness, not the actual tension!

I'd try a 70-72 to match with the 56 and see if that works better!

[darren]

Yeah, i was thinking .080 is overkill, unless you're tuning WAY down. You probably only need a couple of millimetres more saddle movement. You may be better off modifying the saddle and the bridge than trying to move the neck by such a tiny amount. You'd have to plug the holes in the neck and re-drill them very precisely.