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  • ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

    ‘83 Lefty Voyager Maple Beak Neck on an ‘83 Pacer Deluxe Transparent Black Maple Body, Vintage ‘85 OFR with 42mm Big Brass Block. It’s going to get Suhr Michael Landeau Standard Neck & Middle and a SD TB-4J Bridge.

    MuttznMongrelz

    1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
    1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
    1988 Kramer Nightswan
    1989 Charvel Sambora
    2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
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    Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

    One of the best build platforms of all time.

    I had the HH and finally sold it a couple years ago because I just don't need the range of a Floyd anymore. But one of the less expensive designs out there and definitely good for mods.

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    • #3
      Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

      Agreed! I have a HH (.83 Pacer Imperial with Maple Neck and Three Color Sunburst Finish Maple Body) and it's probably the best guitar I own.
      MuttznMongrelz

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      1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
      1988 Kramer Nightswan
      1989 Charvel Sambora
      2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
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      • #4
        Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

        I don't think I've ever seen a Kramer in that colour before! If it sounds half as good as it looks, it is going to be awesome!

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        • #5
          Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

          Thank you. It’s definitely an unusual finish for a Kramer. If it’s as good as my Maple Board/Maple Body Pacer Imp I will be very pleased.
          MuttznMongrelz

          1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
          1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
          1988 Kramer Nightswan
          1989 Charvel Sambora
          2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
          Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
          Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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          • #6
            Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

            Done...well...other than some black vol/tone/tone knobs.



            Last edited by muttznmongrelz; 12-06-2019, 07:20 PM.
            MuttznMongrelz

            1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
            1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
            1988 Kramer Nightswan
            1989 Charvel Sambora
            2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
            Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
            Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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            • #7
              Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

              Wow! Funny, I don't remember liking them in 83 as much as I do now.
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              • #8
                Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                Right there with you on that comment. That said, there is something special about these Early USA Made Kramers. 1983 was the first year for factory equipped Schaller Tuners and Floyd Rose Original Double Locking Tremolos from the Neptune, NJ Factory - no doubt due to Edward Van Halen's influence as a Kramer Endorsee at the time. Also, was the last year of production for the Beak Headstock as it changed mid-year to Hockey Stick Headstock.
                MuttznMongrelz

                1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
                1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
                1988 Kramer Nightswan
                1989 Charvel Sambora
                2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
                Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
                Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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                • #9
                  Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                  Looks great!!!
                  I'm just a few hundred lessons away from being a great guitar player.......

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                  • #10
                    Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                    Thank you Sir!
                    MuttznMongrelz

                    1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
                    1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
                    1988 Kramer Nightswan
                    1989 Charvel Sambora
                    2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
                    Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
                    Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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                    • #11
                      Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                      I'd put nylon hole inserts on the volume and lower tone and run the volume pot in the middle spot. That's really cool though. Love the color. The beak necks are my fav. Much more chunkier than the pointy era necks.

                      You sure it's not a refin? The only original factory trans colors I remember are red, blue and green. It doesn't quite look like a Kramer body from that era to me. It's not offset enough and the upper horn is not thin enough. Compare it to this: https://reverb.com/item/4035440-vint...e-body-evh-era.
                      Last edited by ErikH; 12-09-2019, 05:22 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                        ErikH said:
                        12-09-2019 04:17 PM
                        Default Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project
                        I'd put nylon hole inserts on the volume and lower tone and run the volume pot in the middle spot. That's really cool though. Love the color. The beak necks are my fav. Much more chunkier than the pointy era necks.

                        You sure it's not a refin? The only original factory trans colors I remember are red, blue and green. It doesn't quite look like a Kramer body from that era to me. It's not offset enough and the upper horn is not thin enough. Compare it to this: https://reverb.com/item/4035440-vint...e-body-evh-era.
                        Last edited by ErikH; 12-09-2019 at 04:22 PM.

                        Erik,

                        Thank you! I do need to put a plug in the hole for the DPDT. Guy I picked it up from said he had it for at least 15 years and it came to him with a Maple Neck (which was hanging on his wall with a broken truss rod). He had replaced it with a Charvel Neck and swapped that neck off onto a Charvel SoCal body and this body had been collecting dust. He believe it to be a custom build due to the finish. Body shape mirrors my 3 Color Sunburst so I don't have any doubts on it being OG Kramer.
                        MuttznMongrelz

                        1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
                        1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
                        1988 Kramer Nightswan
                        1989 Charvel Sambora
                        2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
                        Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
                        Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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                        • #13
                          Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                          Originally posted by muttznmongrelz View Post
                          ErikH said:
                          12-09-2019 04:17 PM
                          Default Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project
                          I'd put nylon hole inserts on the volume and lower tone and run the volume pot in the middle spot. That's really cool though. Love the color. The beak necks are my fav. Much more chunkier than the pointy era necks.

                          You sure it's not a refin? The only original factory trans colors I remember are red, blue and green. It doesn't quite look like a Kramer body from that era to me. It's not offset enough and the upper horn is not thin enough. Compare it to this: https://reverb.com/item/4035440-vint...e-body-evh-era.
                          Last edited by ErikH; 12-09-2019 at 04:22 PM.

                          Erik,

                          Thank you! I do need to put a plug in the hole for the DPDT. Guy I picked it up from said he had it for at least 15 years and it came to him with a Maple Neck (which was hanging on his wall with a broken truss rod). He had replaced it with a Charvel Neck and swapped that neck off onto a Charvel SoCal body and this body had been collecting dust. He believe it to be a custom build due to the finish. Body shape mirrors my 3 Color Sunburst so I don't have any doubts on it being OG Kramer.
                          The darkness of the edges is probably hiding the curves so it looks a little different to me, like the upper horn. If he had it for 15 years, I wonder if the body is from the fire sale and whomever bought it had it painted that way. Certainly plausible considering all the mutts out there. There is one man that would know for sure if that was painted in '83 or not as he worked in the paint shop back in the day.

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                          • #14
                            Re: ‘83 Kramer Pacer Deluxe Project

                            MuttznMongrelz

                            1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
                            1983 Kramer Pacer Deluxe
                            1988 Kramer Nightswan
                            1989 Charvel Sambora
                            2016 Warmoth Hellacaster
                            Boogie Private Reserve Lone Star Combo
                            Rivera Hundred Duo Twelve


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