Krammer guitar

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Someone is trying to sell me a krammer with that aluminum neck is this worth $350. to $400. and is it destine to become a valuable collectors item?



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In good condition those can bring about $500 on e-bay. I have one. The only reason I keep it around is for the novelty.
 
Kramer made some awesome guitars and basses, and a lot of crap ones too. I love them, but they continue to smear their own name with poor quality products (they are now owned by gibson who aren't doing them any favours). Realistically an older (pre 90's) US, Canadian or Japanese Kramer will hold it's value because they were genuinely good guitars with good parts. At the aluminium neck stage Kramer were all about quality and yes I can see them being collectible because a) they are actually very well made and b) they are desirable.

Krammer, however, is a typo.
 
slowmotion said:
Kramer made some awesome guitars and basses, and a lot of crap ones too. I love them, but they continue to smear their own name with poor quality products (they are now owned by gibson who aren't doing them any favours). Realistically an older (pre 90's) US, Canadian or Japanese Kramer will hold it's value because they were genuinely good guitars with good parts. At the aluminium neck stage Kramer were all about quality and yes I can see them being collectible because a) they are actually very well made and b) they are desirable.

Krammer, however, is a typo.
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Just don't ever expect it to hold it's setup for long or find a tech who will appreciate working on it. As to value it is worth what people will pay I dobt if it will ever be seriously collectable.

I also dispute that they were well made or desirable.
 
I played in a band in the late '70s with a bass player who had an aluminum-neck Kramer bass.

It was horribly neck-heavy and the back of the neck always felt cold to the touch. Very strange.

It did play and sound OK, though, and from what I recall it didn't require too much fiddling.

They were a bit expensive at the time but I don't think anyone really cares much about them any more.
 
My experience is that the heat of my hand is enough to expand the aluminum and raise the action while playing. Also, never take one to an outdoor gig on a sunny day. those necks can get HOT. There's no issue with build quality on mine. It has a solid one-piece koa body, well machined. It's just a bad design.
 
MuttLite said:
Just don't ever expect it to hold it's setup for long or find a tech who will appreciate working on it. As to value it is worth what people will pay I dobt if it will ever be seriously collectable.

I also dispute that they were well made or desirable.
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C'mon.

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I was only thinking of purchasing as an investment.
I had at one time many moons ago 3 or 4 of the silvertone guitars with the amp built into the case (used about $15. to $20. I payed) and after years of holding on to them I sold them for about $100. each only to have them sky rocket a few years later as collectors.-----DAM:mad:



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I'm sure they'll be collectible and valuable at some point.

IMHO, the Travis Bean guitars would be much more collectible than the Kramers.
 
Thanks LSD I'll be on the look out for them also. Got one for sale cheap?:D



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No RAMI, at my age you relies that life is just to dam short for stuff like sleep.
I wish someone would have explained to me just how short life is when I was a wee lad, and made me understand it.

But I have been calling LDS - LSD for a few post in other threads now.:D




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moresound said:
Thanks LSD I'll be on the look out for them also. Got one for sale cheap?:D



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Nope. I always wanted one of the Travis Bean basses, though.

Little side story on the screen name - I used to play bass for a band called The Sinners. The singer would introduce me as the Low Down Sinner on bass, later shortened on line to LDS...
 
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