I read the humbucker is based on the Gibson PAF and it gets real close. I loved the idea of the hard tail bridge, no Floyd Rose, no pain in the butt locking tuners. The Striker comes with 10-46 size strings and there is a reason why they didn't use 9's. It's bright and harmonically rich but not brittle sounding. Did you? I set my necks at .012in for relief. mahogany body with maple top. Kramer Striker 211 4.44 out of 5 based on 2 ratings . All in all I'm happy with the purchase. Almost everything is adjustable, so learn how to do it and save yourself lots of aggravation and start enjoying your instruments more by getting the most out of them. I'm not real crazy about the banana looking headstock though. The Striker's Floyd Rose Tremolo system allows extreme 'Eddie Van Halen' like divebobs and whammies while keeping in tune. Also, if you purchase from us and later find the product for less elsewhere, call or
The full humbucker tone is good for anything up to hard rock. I was hoping for a little better from the Kramer name. Harmonics are a breeze (sometimes even when you don't want them). so i like that i payed less to get alright pickups n i will spend 160 more and have amazing pickups by dimarzio. Did you? (86.67%) found this review helpful. Could you briefly tell us why the review was or was not helpful? in Frackville, PA Bought this guitar for my son.
It does not remind me at all of the old Kramer necks. The Strikers were the bottom of the line Kramers at the time (unless there was something lower that I'm not aware of). Your vote has been counted. gunmetal instead of chrome or gold. Sorry metal heads, there's some mids here. It's outstanding features would have to be the licensed Floyd Rose Double Locking Tremolo bridge and lock down nut, its trademark pointy, drooped headstock and the popular 'H/S/S' pickup configuration. Ok, the volume pot was bad, so I was considering sending it back to ZZounds for a replacement, but a customer rep at ZZounds told me the Transparent Purple (the one I got) would not be available until Dec 22! Seems to be well built with decent parts. I have mostly used Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9's on all of my guitars. I got the guitar to add to my collection for the pickup configuration, maple fingerboard, Floyd Rose and it's overall looks. Intended for beginners, Strikers and other overseas models were made out of plywood as opposed to ash, poplar, alder, and maple like their Japanese and USA counterparts. Almost everything is adjustable, so learn how to do it and save yourself lots of aggravation and start enjoying your instruments more by getting the most out of them. It just has a very poorly stamped KRAMER on the left side. zZounds has verified that this reviewer made a purchase from us. Shop with those who respect your privacy — Featuring a hard maple K-Speed Elliptical Slim Taper „¢ neck, a solid alder double cut body and flame maple top, the Kramer Striker Custom FR-424CM Guitar is ready to rock. This has a Treble Bleed Mod, witch means when the volume on the guitar is turned down, (not the amp) you still get good tones from your pickups. in Jeffersonville, IN Rock and Roll baby! The action was high but I was able to adjust it just by lowering the tremolo to get really nice and low action with no buzz or dead frets. I installed the new pot (with my daughter's help, (her hands are a lot steadier than mine for soldering)) and the guitar is good to go.
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