Who knows Kramers?

[Bengal]

I've had Focus necks with the tool holders two-sided fuzzy taped on.

Mine is screwed in...

[fett]

It's a Focus 3000 made in Japan.

[fett]

It has those cool boomerang strap buttons.

[xbolt]

Are those Ibenhad boomerangs?

[Frigo89]

OK, well mine has the tool holder. Can you tell if it looks like it's in the stock place or was it added afterwards? Don't have the "american" logo though. But yeah, both from the same place. But I dig the reverse headstock on this one...

I dunno about the tool holder, but the one I have it exactly like yours, only mine has a maple fingerboard

[sonicsamurai]

bengal that is a damn nice and unique kramer!!!

[Bengal]

bengal that is a damn nice and unique kramer!!!

Thanks man. I'm really diggin' it right now. Very easy to play...

[Jackson-Charvel]

Fett, nice Focus 3000. I think someone did a switcheroo on the trem though as the Focus came with the OFR with the fine tuners. The Strkers had this same tremelo and didn't include a locking nut which is the dead giveaway. They wouldn't add a locking nut to a guitar with a trem that had no fine tuners.

I was thinking of doing the opposite to my Striker 300, adding a OFR and instead of routing a nut shelf, adding some chrome locking tuners.

[xbolt]

Actually a number of the early Beak Foci did come with the non-fine tuner Floyd...

[Jackson-Charvel]

And it still would have a locking nut? Weird...

[xbolt]

Certainly not convenient when they go out of tune...

[J.C. Harrist]

Actually a number of the early Beak Foci did come with the non-fine tuner Floyd...

Yep. Here's my '83 Focus 1000.










Once the strings are stretched and locked down, it stays in tune remarkably well.

[Jackson-Charvel]

You're missing a saddle bolt there on the B string.

[J.C. Harrist]

You're missing a saddle bolt there on the B string.

Yeah, those pics are from the day I bought it. It had been hanging in a pawnshop for several months. It cleaned up nicely.

[chmizell]

That's definitley a Kramer American body. Its a Pacer Custom II, probably a very late 80's one. I had one, but a recessed trem, so my guess is its a transition piece. The toggle switch location gives it away. The toggle switch on the Focus 6000 is on the other side of the knobs, that and the jack is how you can tell. ESP made that body. The neck is 99% sure a Focus. ESP made Focus guitars, and occasionally you will see an a Focus neck that has a volute, and usually its identical to an American series neck. The volute is ESP hallmark. its a strong possiblity these mystery necks are American series necks, or ESP replacement necks put on Focus bodies by ESP. You could cut down and early ESP neck to a Kramer shape....I could easily see where a neck was needed one day and thats how it can happen. I have even seen that same neck original on a Focus 1000, and it even had pearl inlay. Regardless the Focus necks are good. George Lynch's bones guitar was a Focus 1000 neck; refretted of course! Even the 3 piece necks are good. There is nothing at all wrong with a 3 piece contructions. Yes its a way to maximize wood use, which is a good thing, but they are very stable. I have seen Kramers in pawnshops that look like they have laid out in the Sahara that have perfectly straight 3 pc necks. Of course quartersawn is the best, and the most pleasing to look at, I'll take a 3 pc over a flat sawn. If you like it who cares right?