what is this? mid 80's Kramer mutt??

[phragle]

It has a Kramer neck plate, 2 humbuckers SD-JB, both cocked, floyed, does not look like a kramer headstock, , unfinished, not super thin. The selector switch is weird, the volume knob has a pointer base. A good friend of mine has had it in the closet since the 80s, he always thought is was a custom Baretta. I mic's the strings 8-46 most likely 80's vintage too.... Its definitly some sort of genuine 80's hotrodded something or other, and really hasnt seen the light of day since that time.

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[phragle]

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[PowerTube]

I'd say the body is definitely a Kramer. It has that offset Strat profile like most of them did.

[xenophobe]

Didn't Kramers of that era usually have a ESP impression on the heel of the neck?

[Vass]

Looks like a focus plate. I’d gues Focus 1000 with an aftermarket route & obviously non original neck.

[phragle]

Any ever see a 3 way toggle like that before??

[xenophobe]

Any ever see a 3 way toggle like that before??

That looks ok for a Kramer to me at least...

[Vass]

I’m pretty sure most Pacers and Focuses came with mini switches not a full size 3 way.

IMO that’s a focus 1000 body with a route and added switch.

[Snoogans]

Is that a Chandler neck? Looks very much like one I had many years ago.

[phragle]

leaning towards a reshaped kramer neck....

[xenophobe]

Is that a Chandler neck? Looks very much like one I had many years ago.

I'm not sure, but the headstock curve by the low E looks more Kramer to me, but if you got pictures to compare, it could be. I'm in this thread to mostly learn because I could see adding a Kramer Pacer strathead to my collection sometime in the near future.

[Carbuff]

What does the neck pickup rout look like? Is it obviously added or does it look factory, painted and all, like the bridge.

[Vass]

I'm not sure, but the headstock curve by the low E looks more Kramer to me, but if you got pictures to compare, it could be. I'm in this thread to mostly learn because I could see adding a Kramer Pacer strathead to my collection sometime in the near future.

Heh that’s been on my punch list for a while. Got plenty of pointies, quite a few beaks. They don’t get much playing time but once I got a Swan, in kramerland the strathead would be the last piece to round out a basic collection.

FWIW I’m having a hard time believing that neck ever saw Neptune. Not a cut down hockeystick, not a Kramer pointy. Focus 1000 with some sort of aftermarket neck is still where my $$ is.

[xenophobe]

Heh that’s been on my punch list for a while. Got plenty of pointies, quite a few beaks. They don’t get much playing time but once I got a Swan, in kramerland the strathead would be the last piece to round out a basic collection.

FWIW I’m having a hard time believing that neck ever saw Neptune. Not a cut down hockeystick, not a Kramer pointy. Focus 1000 with some sort of aftermarket neck is still where my $$ is.

At least the stratheads pop up from time to time and seem to usually be reasonably priced unless it's that one ebay douchebag.

I thought it might be a cut down banana, but probably not enough material on one to make a pointy shaped like that. I'm clueless. lol

[PowerTube]

I thought it might be a cut down banana, but probably not enough material on one to make a pointy shaped like that.

You're exactly right. There's a banana-head Focus 1000 hanging near me as I type this, and there's nowhere near enough width to make a Jackson-esque pointy like that.