Kramer Focus 2000 body

[Flores_68]

Hello!
i’ve owned this Kramer guitar for literally almost 40 years now (first Floyd Rose tremolo released) and I’ve been wondering if the body is alder or ash: does anybody have a clue?

 

[ErikH]

Could be alder, could be poplar. Did you fill in the neck pickup? The 2000 came with 2 humbuckers. The 1000 had a slanted bridge humbucker. The Pacer Special (American Series) came with a straight bridge humbucker like yours. I don’t think any Kramer back then was made of ash.

 

[Flores_68]

I i had the neck pickup removed and swapped the bridge pup for a DiMarxio PAF. Can the serial number give me more info on it?

 

[ErikH]

Nope. Serial numbers are pretty much random with those. Whether it’s alder or poplar really means little. There’s not much tonal difference between them. Those were a great value back then and still are if you can find them at the right price.

 

[GuitarDoc]

I seriously doubt that it was/is ash.