Conference napalm::guitar

    Kramer-simply the best-If you like the sound,price and have looked
    at comparble axes go with the kramer

    I'd be interested in hearing feed back about Kramer also. I've 
    recently started to play bass and one of the basses I looked as
    was a Kramer bass at Daddy's. The price was right and the guitar
    was beautiful, white and black with gold trim. It played real easy
    too. I had a good bassist check it out for me and he was impressed.
    (thanks Fred) I now have an old Gibbson Epiphone but when Im ready
    for a real bass, I think I'm going back for the Kramer.
    
                                                 Jim

    I'm a die-hard Kramer fan (Focus 3000) so I'd give just about any
    Kramer fiddle a thumbs up !   The basses play nice too, but they're
    quite expensive.

         
    
    				Scary

    I like Jerry's axe.  To me though, I might add that the less expensive
    models (like the "Striker" series) have crappie pickups.  I've got
    a Striker...  I love it...'Cept for when you plug it in...IMHO.
    Wanna buy mine ?
    
    

    My BC Rich blows my baretta out of the water.

    agagagagagagagagagaga   ha ha ha ha  that was a good one
           BC rich   
    
    
    
    
    
                 ......Havent laughed like that in awhile

    My Charvel's blows by BC Rich out of the water...
    
    ... which in turn will blow my Kramer out of the water !

    When does it end ?  Do I have to buy and ESP to blow my Charvel
    out of the water, which...Well, you get the idea...
    
    jc

And my strat blows everything on earth away....

dbii

    
    
    	I promise I won't say anything about Coop's Charvel's.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Aga-aga...
    
    Mike used to think Ibanez stunck...
    ... Until he bought one.  Now they rule right Mike !
    
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    	No that's not true I think most Ibanez's s*ck I love
    	 the model that I have...and it roolz!!!
    
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    OK OK my BC Rich Bich Blows my kramer out of the water, but it 
    cost me 3 times as much. And it'll blow any Strat, Charvel, Gibson,
    ESP, anything anything anything out of the way. Period. The end.
    No Comparison. Segovia wrote once that his Hauser was the greatest
    guitar in the world years ago. Today there is my Rich Bich, which 
    not only is the greatest guitar that was ever and will ever
    be made but is the Greatest Rich Bich ever made. 
    
    But for a reasonably priced guitar, some kramers are OK.

    It's been said in here a thousand times...
    
    Guitars are very personal, what does it for me will probably make
    someone else want to toss it.  I have a Charvel that I really like, I
    have a Hamer that I like, I have a Strat that I like.  I've played
    Kramers, Ibanezes, Fenders, Gibsons, and other that I liked.  I've
    also played guitars by most of the above manufacturers that I couldn't
    stand.
    
    The bottom line is that if you play the guitar and you click with it,
    it's probably gonna work for ya.  
    
    Greg

    This is true. I still haven't found anything better for me than  
    this RichBich.  If I ever do, I'll store the Rich. And it plays alot
    better in the 'snob' seating position than standing, too heavy in the
    head. But still, the thing tore my wongers off when I played it at
    first, like total shock or orgasim. It sounds unreal. 
    If I had any brains I'd be sure to recommend buying a Kramer or not
    for the sound of the particular guitar instead of brand-names.
    
    
                                             BTW    %-) who is this guy?

    
    Kramer has yet another new guitar feature.....metal inserts!  This
    isn't really a new idea, The Yamaha SBG2000 that Carlos Santana used to
    use had a large brass plate installed underneath the bridge and the Leo
    Quan Badass bass bridges had a large brass "foot" that stuck into the
    body.  In all cases, the idea is/was to increase the natural sustain of
    the guitar.
    
    The Kramers come in three styles.  The first has the metal totally
    enclosed within the body.  The second style has a small strip of metal
    visible on the edge of the body.  The third style has the metal on the
    *outside* of the body, sort of like a decorative pickguard.
    
    Curious as to how popular these turn out.
    
    
    

    ANyone in here ever play one of those Nightswan models?  Again,
    like my Washburn note, I've seen them around, and they have caught
    my interest, but have yet to play one.
    
    B.

     Nightswan! Many times,My friend Steve had one neck is very
    skinny.But the Full Shred is the nuts.Not a Kramer person
    but it a great guitar.
      
    			What up Buck!
    				How's things going.
    			Well got to go home see everyone on Monday!
    				     P.I(Pierre)
    

    Hey PI,
    
    Things are going good...didn't go with the Kramer (not a Kramer person
    either...), went with another Ibanez!  Oh well, it works for me!
    
    Ciao
    B.

    What kind of wood is the body made from?
    
    
    toe whose's Kramer has a new jack and BAAAAAAAAAAD action,
    1 way trem tho

     I heard that Kramer is going out of business 
 and that Eddie the V will be endorsing Musicman guitars.
     I wonder if the value of old Kramers will go up ?

I saw an add in either Guitar Player or Guitar World that shows Eddie with his
new "I-got-to-design-it" guitar, by Music Man.  The add says something like,
"I used to endorse brand X, but I got to *design* this one, ..big difference",
with a picture of eddie, guitar, and ought-to-be-patented grin.

Wonder if it's any good?  Did anyone ever try that Steve Morse model Music Man?
If so, how was it?  I don't think anyone carries them around here, at least I 
haven't seen them.

steve

    I saw that ad too, it's in the new issue of Guitar World.  I thought
    the new Eddie guitar was pretty ugly looking.  

    It's kind of a bulbous Tele looking kind of thing.  The one in the
    photo had a flame maple top and a maple neck.  I think there were two
    humbuckers, one knob (volume, presumably), and a pickup selector switch
    on it (in what I considered a clumsy location, the lower section of the
    body toward the front).
    
    Greg

    I saw it too and I agree with Greg.  Makes me appreciate my Ibanez even
    more ;-)
    
    Mike

I don't know how you guys do it.  I simply cannot tell from a picture.  I'd have
to pick it up and play on it for a while before I could decide whether I like
it or hate it. 

    It's because you play things that play/feel good and we play things
    that *look* good...

    
    Yup!  We're poseurs!  8*)

    I think it is a joint effort.  If it plays well and looks good, I'll
    enjoy it more.  If it doesn't at least look good, I won't pick it up.
    
    EVH's Music Man may play well, but it is butt ugly and I wouldn't be
    happy with it.
    
    Mike

    I saw it today, and it wasn't that ugly!!

    Is it just me, or was anyone else kind of annoyed with this ad?
    I can imagine I was just a pup, saved all my pennies for a Kramer
    just like my idol, Eddie's.  Then one day, there's Eddie thumbing
    his nose at me, saying "sucker!".  Oh yeah, but "you can trust me now"
    
    I know endorsements are a joke, but I just found this one particularly
    offensive.
    
    What'll it be next year?  "I designed the guitar I used to play, but I
    BUILT this one"?

    I was annoyed, but only to an extent...Nuno Bettencourt interviews
    annoy me WAY more than the EVH/MM ad...however, both have SERIOUSLY
    bad attitudes IMHO.

Personally I don;t put any stock in any endorsements. Most of these guys
change brands as fast as their contract runs out and the next company
down the line offers more $'s. For example look at Howard Lesse, he's 
endorsed at least 5 different amps and several guitars in the last few years.
And allowed the stupidest quote I've ever heard "This guitar actually makes
my amps sound good!" how droll...Reb Beach is endorsing Peavy now...ad nauseum.

dbii

    Reb Beach and Peavey?!?!?  Oh puhleeze!
    
    Reb Beach		Amps		Guitars
    
    			KH		Kramer
    			Laney		Ibanez
    			Marshall	Peavey?
    			Peavey?
    
    Other Endorsements abusers are:
    
    Marty Friedman
    Jason Becker
    The Warrant dudes
    Leslie West
    Paul Gilbert
    Vito Brata

    Re: -1
    
    gotta pay the bills somehow ;-)  Most of us would be real tempted to do
    the same.  We could do all these endorsements so we could go out and
    buy Roland and TC Electronic units ;-)
    
    Mike

The burning question has always been whether or not the endorsed product sees
any use by the artist endorsing it. I see it as kind of like the stickers
on drag racers. You expect a cetain level of honesty. If it were acceptable
for an artist to endorse any old hunk of junk, that would piss me off.

If they endorse it, they better play through it, and they better like it.

							John.

    I just saw an ad for Reb Beach endorsing Carvin...this dude is outta
    control!!!

    Even my wife got a chuckle out of EVH's ad! ;-)
    
    Re: Reb Beach
    
    My new guitar instructor is the first guitarist that didn't ask me
    "What's a Kitty Hawk?".  He's familiar with Reb.
    
    Mike

    Have any of you played/bought one of the new Kramers(Nightswan or
    Stagemaster)?  Do they play and sound as good as they look?
    
    Alan

    I've played a nightswan.  No.  :)
    A lot of money too.
    
    jc

    Are these the range endorsed by the guitarist from Enuff z Enuff?(1
    single coil and 1 humbucker)pity they don't play so good they look very
    cool!
    
    
    
                                        Staynz

    I have a Kramer Sustainer which comes with a floyd rose. It kicks
    butt...It's a very solid guitar.