Guitar fever strikes again!
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[QUOTE=VAiN;1932059]I got a good deal on it. I was following this guy on eBay for a while then started contacting him and worked out a deal. I got it for $1000 + shipping. I think I made out pretty well. It's in amazing shape, plays and sounds great too. A real rock machine. It's also heavy as fuck.[/QUOT
I always liked the Kramer Pacers. I have one of the reissues with the Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz pickups in it. Kramer used to have a duck decoy manufacture called Sports make all their bodies. I think the necks were made by ESP in Japan. All they did in Neptune was assembly. I think those early Pacer bodies were maple so that would explain the weight. The thing is you can do everything with a Pacer a Les Paul can do plus you have the wiggle stick.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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[QUOTE=Nitro Express;1932061]I got a good deal on it. I was following this guy on eBay for a while then started contacting him and worked out a deal. I got it for $1000 + shipping. I think I made out pretty well. It's in amazing shape, plays and sounds great too. A real rock machine. It's also heavy as fuck.[/QUOT
I always liked the Kramer Pacers. I have one of the reissues with the Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz pickups in it. Kramer used to have a duck decoy manufacture called Sports make all their bodies. I think the necks were made by ESP in Japan. All they did in Neptune was assembly. I think those early Pacer bodies were maple so that would explain the weight. The thing is you can do everything with a Pacer a Les Paul can do plus you have the wiggle stick.Originally posted by wiseguyThat shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.Comment
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I didn't know that maple was so heavy until I looked it up there, heavier than mahogany and nearly twice the weight of basswood.
Half my guitars have maple necks and over the years I've decided that's my favourite but I don't think I have any where the body is (apart from neckthru sections).
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I got a good deal on it. I was following this guy on eBay for a while then started contacting him and worked out a deal. I got it for $1000 + shipping. I think I made out pretty well. It's in amazing shape, plays and sounds great too. A real rock machine. It's also heavy as fuck.
It's funny the way Kramer prices fall away with late 80s ones sometimes going for a few hundred or less.Comment
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[QUOTE=VAiN;1932063]Oh yeah. Everything Kramer made in the early days had maple bodies. You get a brighter sound but with hum buckers through a blazing amp I like the sound of maple. Might be too bright for single coil pickups. But I always thought the best sounding rig Eddie ever played through was his Kramer Pacer bodied 5150 guitar through a Marshall with the Bradshaw mod. He really got great tone live using that.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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I didn't know that maple was so heavy until I looked it up there, heavier than mahogany and nearly twice the weight of basswood.
Half my guitars have maple necks and over the years I've decided that's my favourite but I don't think I have any where the body is (apart from neckthru sections).
http://www.bellforestproducts.com/in...ry-weight/?s=6No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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With the Brexit currency exchange rate these days I don't know if I could go that high without trying it first - I've seen them advertised at $1500+ so you did do well.
It's funny the way Kramer prices fall away with late 80s ones sometimes going for a few hundred or less.Originally posted by wiseguyThat shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.Comment
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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.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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The pickups on those old Kramers were pretty good. I think they were made by Schecter.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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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.Originally posted by wiseguyThat shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.Comment
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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.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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