Mike, not only does that Kramer look and sound great but it’s also a very simple guitar to take care of. I think it’s the simplicity that makes it such a killer guitar.

Cool you can hear the difference! I didn't know the single volume control guitars were like that now I know Great video FBS!!

It’s amazing how many comments on you tube videos, recommend getting rid of the resistor, removing the middle spring in the bridge waiting for mine to arrive can’t wait 🙏

I just picked one up in Candy Blue from Guitar Center a couple hours ago on sale for $179! Normally $229 now. Awesome deal for an awesome guitar. Thanks for posting this video. I read about these changes on another comment on the GC site, but you explained it well. I will be making these mods. Enioy!!

Love these guitars!!!!

I just bought this guitar in the candy blue, and I didn’t have any expectations. I just thought it looked beautiful and I was going to hang it on the wall. I did all the adjustments you did as well, and set my action the way I like it and all I can say is, this guitar is an absolute diamond. It’s stupid good and I don’t know how it’s only 200 dollars. The neck and fret board are just silky smooth. I can’t even say enough about this beauty! If you don’t have one GET IT before you can’t. It’s perfect!

Your the man brother. I like to float the bridge.

I would definitely gig with one of those as it out of the box.

Love Kramer I bought one last year and was very surprised on what a good player it is. Only thing I didn't like was some pro bucker pickups. So I put some better ones in it. Man I can't stop playing this guitar.. Kramer is underrated....

Just got the ruby red one and totally removed the pot and installed a kill switch instead. It did sound a lot better without the treble bleed.

kiling it ! love how you hold the trem bar, i do the same. never liked the sound of hitting a note and then later adding trem

Good video. I love my blue baretta. I'm a super beginner myself even though I did play a bit as a kid, I like this way better than the Beringer I used to have. The volume pot mod is essential. I didn't have luck with the spring mod though. The bridge never fully went back to rest against the body like it did from the factory though so my tuning was even wonkier. Probably needs an adjustment or modification somewhere else to match, but that's above my skill level lol

It’s a good idea to tighten the nuts on the tuning machines as they are known to be loose. That is a beautiful colored guitar.

I'm getting one of these. I had a Baretta with a JB and a Floyd I got in '87, and while that ax had its upside, I was never a fan of locking trems which I had on a dozen guitars in those days. My rule with guitars is if they are good out of the box I don't touch anything, but if they have room for improvement, I will tweak it. One thing I love about Kramers other than the necks is the body shape. They have such a great belly and arm cut that it makes other guitars feel awkward. I'm glad to hear these have such good pickups, because I don't want to go down that rabbit hole if I don't have to. I own tons of pickups, Dunca, DiMarzio, EMG, etc. And I just don't want to touch any of them if I don't have to. Removing that little capacitor? I'll do it if I think I need to. Great vid.

I kind of wanted to get one and put a Dimarzio super distortion pickup in it. I'm a bass player who only wants a few guitars. I like the simplicity too ,like the P bass you can't go wrong.

i have the 1984, you are right the necks are great i love the fretwork Gibson did with these kramers

The pickup is Kramer's brand of Alnico 5's. The more mid to high priced guitars carry the Seymour Duncan JB's.

Sweet!

I had a Focus 6000 and it was also one of the best scales to play. In Brazil Kramer are highly valued and that's why they are difficult to find in the hands of even famous guitarists. These are guitars more geared towards enthusiasts. google translation, sorry for any mistakes. eu tive uma Focus 6000 e tambem foi uma das melhores escalas para se tocar . No Brazil a Kramer tam alto valor e por isso são dificeis de se encontrar nas mãos até de guitarristas famosos . São guitarras mais voltadas para os intusiastas. traducao do google , me desculpe qualquer erro .

Nice work man, capacitor out. You definitely can improve a sound on a budget guitar with simple stuff.

Regarding the removal of that little doo-dad on the Volume pot, is there any reason a guy couldn't just snip ONE of its legs so as to disable it? Would that do the trick? (And yeah, I realize it doesn't make much sense to snip one leg and not the other; just kind of wondering...) Also, if the purpose of this capacitor (a "treble bleed"?) is to preserve treble when the volume control is turned more downward (which strikes me as a good thing), why would we want to disable it? I'm obviously not experienced with this subject matter, and I'd welcome any thoughts (within reason)!

Do these guitars have thinner or thickernnecks. Been looking for a 80's style guitar with a thicker neck on a budget

I had a assault 220 fr white black ..i had teo .bc i loved the guitar but the way they routed the floyed or the wood they used made it sound thin.i am a les paul custom an LP prophecy player.so thats the sound i like.so i even changed the pups as they sucked.they where really loose sounding and i play high gain amps and oy reslly good high output pups lile my prophecy gx dirty fingers sound good out of them .theses pups had 14.k and sucked so i swapped them for a57 classic and a phat cat..even those didnt work it just sounds...hollow like plywood.. no matter what pickups I put in it the reason why I had two is because I really liked the guitar so I did what I could to make it work the second time I tried everything just would not sound the way I wanted it to it has something to do with all that extra space in the back I'm sure but I've had it if you Floyd Rose equipped guitars that didn't sound like that I play metal so I need my wrists to be super tight and I had to fight that guitar to sound that way no other guitar I had in recent memory had that issue it's like having emgs just too much compression is almost what it sounded like no matter what pickups I put in it very strange like I said it's a shame because the creamer is salt was a beautiful guitar that played nicely as well

The wammy bar on mine seems very loose in the threads. Are they all like that?

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Seymour Duncan JB SH-4 (Humbucker/Passive)

new pickup nut and one made in indonesia

I just bought the candy blue Kramer Special. The only good thing about these guitars is the neck shape and the color...that's it. The problems: will not stay in tune, sounds too bright and piercing, the frets are medium and don't seem to be good quality, tuners, bridge, and nut are terrible. I had to completely modify mine. All new black hardware (floating FR tremolo/locking nut), fretwork, FR string tree, new pot (Bourns), Seymour Duncan JB, and ebony fingerboard change (Neck Illusions-check them out). Now, I'd put it against any thousand dollar guitar. They're great for modding, and you have a mahogany body to start with, not plywood or some sub par wood

I highly doubt it's Seymour Duncan for that price

QUESTIONABLE GUITAR MODS sells a jig and 3D printed nut shelves to install a Floyd. Unbelievably simple. Anyone can do it.

Ugh lol. Not a diode nor a resistor. It is a capacitor. It doesn't restrict energy... it stores energy.

I don’t get why they put that cap in there mine is 100% better without it