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That looks to be a Striker body to me. The way the lower horn kicks out tells me it's a Striker. They were cheap heavy plywood bodies.
Also that pickup route looks to slick compared to the old pacers I've seen.But I'm no expert.
If you compare the horns on the below pics you can see the difference in the angles. The top is yours and the next two are vintage pacers.

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http://www.vintagekramer.com/parts5.htm
http://www.vintagekramer.com/parts10.htm
 
It definitely doesn't have a plywood body as I can see wood in the trem cavity and has a barrel jack with is a USA thing from what I read

The more info I find, the more confused I get - lol
 
I signed up several days ago but the moderators haven't authorized me yet, so I figured I'd post here
 
Almost looks like Kramer Sambora body. I heard that when Kramer went belly up, people "acquired" a lot of the remaining parts and built guitars for years from them. This could be one of them.
 
Possible since that's the only 3 hum body I know of but the switch layout is not right for a Sambora. They had a 5 way. It could have been unfinished body from the Kramer fire sale. So many Kramer parts on the market it's hard to say. Lots of unfinished parts were available at fire sale. Hell I had 12 undrilled necks at one point, headstock decals and a stack of Kramer neckplates with no serial #'s ever stamped in them. Ed Roman bought a ton of parts and was building and selling Kramers years after they were out of business.
 
BrokenFusion":w1a6yr40 said:
Possible since that's the only 3 hum body I know of but the switch layout is not right for a Sambora. They had a 5 way. It could have been unfinished body from the Kramer fire sale. So many Kramer parts on the market it's hard to say. Lots of unfinished parts were available at fire sale. Hell I had 12 undrilled necks at one point, headstock decals and a stack of Kramer neckplates with no serial #'s ever stamped in them. Ed Roman bought a ton of parts and was building and selling Kramers years after they were out of business.
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I agree with you on the switches and I do remember a Kramer having those switches, it may have been a Pacer in 85-86. It will be interesting if anyone ever figures it out.
 
Rod Schoepher and Paul Unkert usually marked their guitars but my first thought was this is a Schoepher built guitar for Sambora...
 
rcm78":3s6xh8bp said:
Rod Schoepher and Paul Unkert usually marked their guitars but my first thought was this is a Schoepher built guitar for Sambora...
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I actually brought it to Unk a few days ago. He is like 5 minutes me. He was like "I never saw a Kramer like this"
If Unk doesn't know about it.......I'm definitely at a loss - :lol: :LOL:
 
What are the circles in the control cavity where the toggles are? Looks like maybe the has to grind it down a little because the toggles weren't long enough. Thats kind of weird.
 
The paint is very thick poly on the guitar and the mini toggles have a small shaft
The cavity was routed to accomodate the smaller shaft of the mini toggle
 
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