Bought my first bass(Kramer 720?) at Guitar Center's midnight madness sale in Covina, CA. on a Wednesday night in early '89......MIJ, and very well made!
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Kramer basses
- Thread starter bassman1969
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I also have had many Kramers. A couple Forum3's some 700ST's a couple ZX70's, but nope, no way they compare to my Charvel bolton's or NT's.
however I would also say that none of the units I have or have owned have been so bad I couldn't play them out of the box, MIJ or MIK and I would buy another one today if the price was right.
however I would also say that none of the units I have or have owned have been so bad I couldn't play them out of the box, MIJ or MIK and I would buy another one today if the price was right.
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If you get to 1985 and the wood neck basses, anything other then early Pioneer starts to go down in quality because of where they were made overseas and the company starting to fold, with QC almost non-existant at that point.
The Focus Series were made in Japan using mostly US parts, so the 77 and 88 are great. I'd love to score a Focus 88 (the one with the double stacked J pickups) some day.
All the lumies are great. My 650B from '77 just kills, and it has all original electronics.
The Focus Series were made in Japan using mostly US parts, so the 77 and 88 are great. I'd love to score a Focus 88 (the one with the double stacked J pickups) some day.
All the lumies are great. My 650B from '77 just kills, and it has all original electronics.
I had a late 70's lumy neck 650B for a good long while. I agree with other lumy neck, Kramer Bass owners that they had that nice piano tone thing by the bucket load. It was heavy as Hades, but it was a very well made instrument. I got rid of mine went I went back home to Fender basses. I guess I miss it to some extent.
Despite having a much pricier Travis Bean TB-2000 bass, I've ended up with 2 Kramer 650B basses and pretty much use them for most of my bass needs ( though I do use my Thunderbird from time to time ). They have a great tone, great build quality and a great sound. Both still have the original electronics. It's probably my favorite bass with an aluminum neck - huge sustain and a great feel.
