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Kramer: It's 1979 Again

bovinehost

bovinehost

Dec 5, 2002
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Going through some old magazines, I found a brochure from Kramer. I bought a DMZ-6000B, probably one of the first ones available (and paid dearly for the privilege) so insisted they give me whatever swag existed.

There wasn't much, but there was a brochure.

I scanned the cover and the stuff about the DMZ-6000's and will get to the rest as I can.

Enjoy, I know you Kramer freaks are still alive out there.

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The DMZ 6000s were so new that they weren't actually IN the brochure. It's a single sheet I had tucked away in the brochure.

Jack
 
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bovinehost said:
Going through some old magazines, I found a brochure from Kramer. I bought a DMZ-6000B, probably one of the first ones available (and paid dearly for the privilege) so insisted they give me whatever swag existed.

There wasn't much, but there was a brochure.

I scanned the cover and the stuff about the DMZ-6000's and will get to the rest as I can.

Enjoy, I know you Kramer freaks are still alive out there.

The DMZ 6000s were so new that they weren't actually IN the brochure. It's a single sheet I had tucked away in the brochure.

Jack
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Alive.... but sleeping. Thanks for da share!
David
 
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There is something incredibly awesome about those headstocks. I love that crazy fork, and they used to make Aluminum necks/heads as well. Paul Unkert the guitar luthier lives less than a mile from me and I know he was a part of that whole operation for years.

He has one of his Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein guitars and I think a kramer hanging up in his little shop attached to his house
 
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if it werent for those over the top inlays on the fret board id say that thing was perfect... nah just kidding. That 650B is unreal. Nice score. im toying with the idea of grabbing a DMZ5000 if one pops up on ebay for a few hundred. im enthralled with the idea of an aluminum neck
 
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Daedraziel said:
There is something incredibly awesome about those headstocks. I love that crazy fork, and they used to make Aluminum necks/heads as well. Paul Unkert the guitar luthier lives less than a mile from me and I know he was a part of that whole operation for years.

He has one of his Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein guitars and I think a kramer hanging up in his little shop attached to his house
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I heard somewhere that those headstocks weren't good for the tuning. I guess they were very sensitive to temperature changes or something. :confused:
 
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Daedraziel said:
if it werent for those over the top inlays on the fret board id say that thing was perfect... nah just kidding. That 650B is unreal. Nice score. im toying with the idea of grabbing a DMZ5000 if one pops up on ebay for a few hundred. im enthralled with the idea of an aluminum neck
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Found this one on CL for 500.00 last year so they are out there you just have to get lucky.
 
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MTMTEX said:
Not a DMZ but my 650B is one of the most beautiful basses I have ever seen.
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Having just aquired one 650B here on TB, albeit not for $5C, couldn't agree more. Been wanting one for ages. Need to make a new nut as previous owner widened slots quite a bit for some large strings. Should have it done over the weekend and be able to play it for real. Nice, nice bass. :)
 
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bovinehost said:
Going through some old magazines, I found a brochure from Kramer. I bought a DMZ-6000B, probably one of the first ones available (and paid dearly for the privilege) so insisted they give me whatever swag existed.

There wasn't much, but there was a brochure.

I scanned the cover and the stuff about the DMZ-6000's and will get to the rest as I can.

Enjoy, I know you Kramer freaks are still alive out there.

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The DMZ 6000s were so new that they weren't actually IN the brochure. It's a single sheet I had tucked away in the brochure.

Jack
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Late response to your post. Thank you for posting that single sheet, Jack. That DBZ-6000B is exactly my Kramer bass. Bought it new at Steve's in Toronto in 1981 or '82 and played it for years.

Just dug it out recently. Sadly it's developed an intermitent where it suddenly howls; I suspect the preamp. Do you happen to know if Kramer sourced them from DiMarzio along with the pickups?
 
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zortation said:
I heard somewhere that those headstocks weren't good for the tuning. I guess they were very sensitive to temperature changes or something. :confused:
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That was never my experience. I bought my Kramer specifically because a band I was in was doing gigs around Toronto to Hunstville in the dead of winter. Sometimes we'd arrive, set up and play, and I'd be cracking my bass case before it had a chance to warm up from the trip. I worried that could be a problem for my Rickenbacker so I got the Kramer.

Never had any problem with the tuning. That thing was rock solid.
 
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Thomas Cordery said:
Late response to your post. Thank you for posting that single sheet, Jack. That DBZ-6000B is exactly my Kramer bass. Bought it new at Steve's in Toronto in 1981 or '82 and played it for years.

Just dug it out recently. Sadly it's developed an intermitent where it suddenly howls; I suspect the preamp. Do you happen to know if Kramer sourced them from DiMarzio along with the pickups?
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Does yours actually have a battery? I've got a DMZ5000 from the same era; it's got the same knob/switch layout, but it's a completely passive circuit, no preamp.
 
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