yeah i tried it for the bottom 3 strings , they would barely vibrate u d barely get distortion and i m sure the first 3 strings cant hold that much tension.
it was just another try for me to avoid fret buzz, even in standard tunning i have fret buzz , my action is already raised and raising it some more would make solos impossible and palm muting a pain.
guess the only way is 2 get a new guitar . how about those deans???

Are you putting your finger RIGHT behind the frets? If they're in the middle you're going to get buzz no matter what you do. And how hard are you picking. I know that cause me problems with buzz on the bass when I pluck too hard.

I've always had trouble getting my guitar into Drop C. I never really understood what it means when the strings "match" When I try to tune two strings, they never sound exactly the same. And I don't think its guitar. Its an Epiphone SG Special, so I don't think its a cheaply made guitar. And I know its not the strings because I just put really thick Ernie Ball strings on not too long ago.

What am I doing wrong?

I found most Ibanez can handle Drop C no problem. I always wanted to try A tuning although I'm a little scared to.