2011 Kramers

[rupe]

I found them to be hit or miss back in the day...I thought Charvels were far better. Kramer was fortunate to have the Floyd Rose distribution rights...I don't think they would have been near as big as they were without it (although Eddie's endorsement helped greatly, it probably never would have happened without the Floyd deal).

One thing that bugged me was that they were touted as being made in the US when in reality the parts were made by ESP and assembled in NJ. Although they still made some good guitars, they were very misleading about their origins. The guitars that they made for artists were typically handbuilt and nothing like the production models...in fact Tom Anderson built necks for several endorsees, including the banana head that was on Eddie's Frankenstein during that era.

I think the one Russ plays is an old one IIRC.

 

[Digital Jams]

Yeah back in the 80s even the USA Pacers were multi-piece popular wood for the bodies but they were loaded with SDs and Floyds so they got away with it.

The necks on the USA stuff were awesome though, stupid low action could be had on them.

 

[Digital Jams]

The two with graphics are blatant Charvel rip offs. 80's Kramers were pretty cool, but they were certainly not known for those two graphics or really any cool graphics. They did a series with an artist called Kilne doing graphics and they were pretty cartoonish and missed the mark in my opinion. Check out the Kline stuff here.

http://www.abalonevintage.com/0_photos_ ... uitars.htm

Agreed, the Kline stuff missed the mark hard back then other than the Nagels.

 

[threadkiller]

Don't forget about these

http://www.garykramerguitar.com/

 

[Gainzilla]

I had a Kramer back in the day that I LOVED and I dont even remember the model. It was Candy Apple Blue with the flat black pickguard and black hardware along with the explorer HS. I remember seeing Reb Beach with the same exact guitar before he moved on to Ibanez. That was a great guitar!!!

That said, I have no interest in any of their new offerings