Guitar fever strikes again!

[Nitro Express]

The pickups on those old Kramers were pretty good. I think they were made by Schecter.

[VAiN]

Also a bit of trivia on that bird's beak headstock. Kramer was selling guitars with Strat styled headstocks and Fender sued them. So they cut part of it off and wallah. The birds beak headstock as seen on the "Jump" video.

I've played a few of the 'lawsuit' headstock guitars and the necks I've played have been very fat. Not in a bad way, but definitely not thin. I'll add one of those to the collection at some point.

[VAiN]

Haha! The good ol days. Ed is quite the drunken schmuck in this.

This is always fun to watch.. good old Eddie..

[Nitro Express]

I've played a few of the 'lawsuit' headstock guitars and the necks I've played have been very fat. Not in a bad way, but definitely not thin. I'll add one of those to the collection at some point.

The three bolt Strats had beefy necks. Also in those days necks were built by hand and could vary. Today on CNC equipment it's more consistent. Kramer was transitioning from the aluminum necks to wood necks at that time. I have no idea if the law suit necks had the same fretboard radius as a Fender. Really it was the time people were starting transform the Strat into being a better rock and roll guitar. Eddie wasn't the only one tweaking that design.

[Nitro Express]

Here you go. Humbuckers in a Strat in 1976. Before Eddie came onto the national scene.

[Nitro Express]

[twonabomber]

I was going to go to Guitar Center out by the airport, but the CIC is in town and I didn't want to get stuck waiting for the motorcade to go by. I'll go Monday and maybe bring another one home.

[Romeo Delight]

The Kramer plays like butter!! I can't believe the condition it's in - just beautiful! The action is super low with no flat spots. A player all the way!

I have a Kramer Elliot Easton. Probably my favorite guitar.

[VAiN]

Picked up a sweet late 82/early 83 Voyager. Took it to my guy and now it plays like a dream.

[ZahZoo]

For a 35 year old axe that fret board/neck looks like it's never been played!!

[VAiN]

For a 35 year old axe that fret board/neck looks like it's never been played!!

That's exactly what my set-up guy said.. His theory is the previous set-up (stock?) was so bad that no one really played it. I tend to agree.

[private parts]

It's official - I am a guitar-a-holic. This was delivered a couple of days ago. Used 2011 Wolf Special Hardtail Made in Japan.
Not many of these available so somewhat rare. Particularly in quilted maple tobacco burst color.

Where can I receive professional help.

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[twonabomber]

I looked at another one Friday. May go back and grab it this week.

[Seshmeister]

It's official - I am a guitar-a-holic. This was delivered a couple of days ago. Used 2011 Wolf Special Hardtail Made in Japan.
Not many of these available so somewhat rare. Particularly in quilted maple tobacco burst color.

Where can I receive professional help.

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That looks great, I think tobacco sunburst is my fave look for a guitar.

If you buy a used guitar like that at a good price then the way to look at it is that it's just keeping a bit of your bank balance in the form of a guitar which you can convert back whenever.

How much was it?

[private parts]

Agree on the Tobacco burst color- really pops especially in the red case! So I didn't get a mind blowing deal on it,
but $750.00 including case and shipping seemed fair.

There is a MIC tobacco burst special on Reverb that is mint new/refurbished. Seller says authorized refurbisher couldn't find anything wrong with it so they stamped "used" on back of headstock.
beautiful guitar if you don't mind the MIC label or hardtail version and a pretty good price. There are a few others out there but not many

https://reverb.com/item/13593048-evh...-tobacco-burst

[David45]

Nice guitars

[Romeo Delight]

If you buy a used guitar like that at a good price then the way to look at it is that it's just keeping a bit of your bank balance in the form of a guitar which you can convert back whenever.

My wife isn't buying this argument!!

[Seshmeister]

My wife isn't buying this argument!!

A few guys I've known over the years have found themselves way richer just by moving to splitting the joint pocket money evenly with their wives and been surprised by that. Wives tend to spend way more than you might think on themselves...

A guitar like that one above could be 2 months female hair and general maintenance...

[Nitro Express]

I bought a 78 Strat used in 1981 and it had the original case, tags and even the receipt. I still have it. I could sell it now for a lot more thanI paid for it. I probably could get $2000 for it. Money well spent.

[jackthesixpack]

Wow, these Kramer guitars look so good. I remember when I was a child, my father had two, and when her friend came, they used to have guitar sessions, and it was so cool. I dreamed about playing guitar myself, but when I grew up, it wasn't the time when it was popular or widespread to play guitar. But everything in our world changes so much and so quickly, and all those old trends come back, and now it's quite popular to play guitar again. I'm a huge fan of blues because for me it's one of the most dynamic and powerful sounds, so when I was choosing which guitar to buy, I decided to buy a blues guitar. When I started to look for the guitar, I found out that there is no particular guitar made to play only blues. Famous musicians don't need special guitars to play blues, and the guitar has to have those blue tones. There are a lot of different articles, reviews on the internet about the best guitars, and this is one of the best I found because are a lot of useful info, detailed description, and characteristics of each guitar. Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul Custom EX and Squirer by Fender Classis Vibe 50’S Hand Telecaster Electric Guitar, for now, are the best for me in terms of quality and features, so I need a little more time to think which one to choose.

[VAiN]

It's been a while, but I picked up one of these awesome 87 Kramer Classic III's... it's so fucking sweet!

[Funkmonkey]

I bought a 78 Strat used in 1981 and it had the original case, tags and even the receipt. I still have it. I could sell it now for a lot more thanI paid for it. I probably could get $2000 for it. Money well spent.

The problem is the used market is saturated with guitars. Just browse Ebay for LesPauls and there are at least 3000 of them alone.

[Seshmeister]

I wouldn't want to buy a Les Paul straight off the internet with all their quality control issues over the years.

[Funkmonkey]

I noticed all those Les Pauls on eBay aren't really getting sold, either. The used market is so saturated, yet for some reason the prices don't come down.

[Seshmeister]

Cracked and bought a guitar yesterday for the first time in a couple of years.

Fender Special Edition Made in Japan Strat

[twonabomber]

Was Raspberry Beret added to the setlist?

I haven't even looked for anything lately. I bought a Boss Katana amp a couple months ago and haven't plugged it in yet.

[Funkmonkey]

Cracked and bought a guitar yesterday for the first time in a couple of years.

Fender Special Edition Made in Japan Strat

Does the paisley pattern continue under the pick guard, or is the pick guard clear?

[ZahZoo]

Beautiful Strat! I don't think the pick-guard is clear... the pick-up height adjustment screws and lack of routing channels between the pick-ups would be noticeable if it were clear.

[Seshmeister]

Yeah I didn't really think about it at the time but it does mean I'll need to be careful as I don't know how you would replace the scratch plate if something happened to it. The back is paisley patterned too.

[Funkmonkey]

Maybe give the pick guard a clear coat to add a layer of protection.

[Seshmeister]

Ok you made me look and I'm impressed. There are actually 2 pick guard plates, a clear smoky one over the paisley one. Also for good measure the pattern is on the guitar itself underneath.

Belt and braces quality. I've been playing it all week, I'm super pleased with it.

[Funkmonkey]

Wow, that's paisley on paisley on paisley.



Made you look. ha!

[ZahZoo]

Does it have standard pickups and electronics or something special on-board?

That color scheme with the rosewood fret board looks perfect. All my Fenders have maple fret boards... been thinking of looking for something with a softer fret board mainly for some jazz stuff that calls for warmer tone.

[Seshmeister]

Here's the spec

Fender MIJ Limited Edition Stratocaster Black Paisley

PRODUCT DETAILS
BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyester
BODY MATERIAL: Basswood
BODY SHAPE: Stratocaster®
BRIDGE: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronised Tremolo
BRIDGE PICKUP: Fender® USA Vintage Stratocaster®
CASE/GIG BAG: Gig Bag
COLOUR: Black Paisley
CONFIGURATION: SSS
CONTROL KNOBS: Black Plastic
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Rosewood
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
FRET SIZE: Vintage Style
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
HEADSTOCK: Stratocaster
MIDDLE PICKUP: Fender® USA Vintage Stratocaster®
NECK FINISH: Gloss Polyester
NECK MATERIAL: Maple
NECK PICKUP: Fender® USA Vintage Stratocaster®
NECK SHAPE: "U" Shape
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
PICKGUARD: Black Paisley
POSITION INLAYS: White Dot
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
SWITCHING: 5-Position Blade - Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style


Annoyingly it's a lot cheaper in the US if you can find one there they are going for about $1000.

[Funkmonkey]

What amazes me are the prices on the Custom Shop strats. $4500 for the 'cheap' ones. I'm told they sound just like the old vintage strats; I guess I'll have to take their word for it. But if these are so custom, why does the guitar shop have an entire wall of them on display? Seems like quite a bit of money for a slab guitar they beat-up in the factory.

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...0%7C%20%244500

[Seshmeister]

Guitars for stockbrokers...

[Funkmonkey]

Guitars for stockbrokers...

Ha! Very true. I've seen several weekend warrior bands with superb immaculate high-end guitars that bling so much the audience and the band both need to wear shades.

[Seshmeister]

No offence to any one here but I really hate the relic thing.

Maybe it's because I spent so many years playing crappy beat up guitars when I had no money or maybe it's just because it's fake shit.

Back when I was young I played to hundreds of people with $140 guitars and it was always a worry about tuning or dodgy connections or strings breaking on rusty bridges so these relic people can fuck off.

The only good thing about it was nobody got jealous of your stuff and when half the audience play guitar that's a good thing.

[Funkmonkey]

And there's custom bass guitars out there that look like furniture.

[Seshmeister]

Bass players with too many strings is another one of my old man gripes...