NGD: 1983 Kramer Pacer Imperial
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muttznmongrelz
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Thank you!
Thank you!
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Imperial & Bluesbreaker
Imperial & Bluesbreaker
muttznmongrelz
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It did. Medical billings but I was able to hustle a few other items to cover things so it's sticking around a bit longer. Thanks for noticing though.
I wind up gravitating towards the USACG Iceman and Warmoth Tele most of the time. That said; this is the only guitar I've kept out since I bought it, bought a house, moved, etc. and it is a great guitar. Thankfully it's staying.
It did. Medical billings but I was able to hustle a few other items to cover things so it's sticking around a bit longer. Thanks for noticing though.
I wind up gravitating towards the USACG Iceman and Warmoth Tele most of the time. That said; this is the only guitar I've kept out since I bought it, bought a house, moved, etc. and it is a great guitar. Thankfully it's staying.
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muttznmongrelz
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Nice Baretta!
Thanks grand!
Nice Baretta!
Thanks grand!
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Replacing the old bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Tone Zone F, already has a DiMarzio 500k Volume Pot so installing a pair of Fender TBX Tone Controls and a recently acquired non-corroded Vintage Kramer "C" Neck Plate.
Replacing the old bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Tone Zone F, already has a DiMarzio 500k Volume Pot so installing a pair of Fender TBX Tone Controls and a recently acquired non-corroded Vintage Kramer "C" Neck Plate.
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Great score sir!! Seems like a damn fine guitar to have in your collection! I would not mind having it in mine that's for sure!
Oh yes, a new neck plate will complete it mate, that was the only thing that still needed in my opinion! Have fun playing it amigo!
Great score sir!! Seems like a damn fine guitar to have in your collection! I would not mind having it in mine that's for sure!
Oh yes, a new neck plate will complete it mate, that was the only thing that still needed in my opinion! Have fun playing it amigo!
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Nice pictures! Thats a beauty in the sun isnt it?
Nice pictures! Thats a beauty in the sun isnt it?
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Thanks! Definitely looks like a guitar from a different era. IMHO; it's a well loved classic.
Thanks! Definitely looks like a guitar from a different era. IMHO; it's a well loved classic.
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Had the '83 Sunburst Imp apart for the first time as I was thinking of selling off the neck and have had it on eBay and Reverb a couple times now. The seller from whom I purchased it had told me he was unsure if it was original to the body and I've got an AWESOME Musikraft Neck I'm dying to put on something...but...after taking the neck off, it is most definitely original to the body. Neck plate was mounted a bit crooked from the Kramer Factory and the one set of holes in the neck heel are an exact match so no way the neck was ever on another body.
Also determined the neck HB is an old 80s Seymour Duncan Ink Stamp Label model which I'm sure is the original with the fact the bridge humbucker was originally a SD JBJ (Duncans were an upgrade back then) but the ink stamp label is so faded I cannot determine what model the neck humbucker is so I presume a Jazz based on the clear full tone it has and is it ever a powerfully wound one! Unfortunately the JBJ wasn't working properly and I replaced it with a DiMarzio Tone Zone F which is a much better match with the Vintage SD Neck HB.
I picked up an '84 Kramer Pacer Imperial Body in Transparent Red to use with the Musikraft Neck...should be a nice looking and playing guitar when it's all together:
2017 Musikraft Pacer Imperial: 2017 Charvel® 1 Piece Rock Maple Neck w/Dark Tint Gloss Nitro, R3 1-11/16” Nut, 12”Radius Semi-Rolled Fretboard w/Super Jumbo 6000 Frets, Post 1964 Narrow 12th Marker Dot Spacing, 2 1/4“ Heel & Grover Tuners, “1984” Neck Plate, 2 Piece Center Joined ‘ 84 Maple Body in Trans Red Nitro, Seymour Duncan Jazz JN/SWD Custom Shop MJ ‘78 TB, 3 Way DPDT/DiMarzio 500k Push
ull Vol/Fender TBX Tone/DiMarzio 500K Pushull Vol, Cannon Jack, Black ‘86 Floyd Rose Original w/42mm F.U. BBB
Had the '83 Sunburst Imp apart for the first time as I was thinking of selling off the neck and have had it on eBay and Reverb a couple times now. The seller from whom I purchased it had told me he was unsure if it was original to the body and I've got an AWESOME Musikraft Neck I'm dying to put on something...but...after taking the neck off, it is most definitely original to the body. Neck plate was mounted a bit crooked from the Kramer Factory and the one set of holes in the neck heel are an exact match so no way the neck was ever on another body.
Also determined the neck HB is an old 80s Seymour Duncan Ink Stamp Label model which I'm sure is the original with the fact the bridge humbucker was originally a SD JBJ (Duncans were an upgrade back then) but the ink stamp label is so faded I cannot determine what model the neck humbucker is so I presume a Jazz based on the clear full tone it has and is it ever a powerfully wound one! Unfortunately the JBJ wasn't working properly and I replaced it with a DiMarzio Tone Zone F which is a much better match with the Vintage SD Neck HB.
I picked up an '84 Kramer Pacer Imperial Body in Transparent Red to use with the Musikraft Neck...should be a nice looking and playing guitar when it's all together:
2017 Musikraft Pacer Imperial: 2017 Charvel® 1 Piece Rock Maple Neck w/Dark Tint Gloss Nitro, R3 1-11/16” Nut, 12”Radius Semi-Rolled Fretboard w/Super Jumbo 6000 Frets, Post 1964 Narrow 12th Marker Dot Spacing, 2 1/4“ Heel & Grover Tuners, “1984” Neck Plate, 2 Piece Center Joined ‘ 84 Maple Body in Trans Red Nitro, Seymour Duncan Jazz JN/SWD Custom Shop MJ ‘78 TB, 3 Way DPDT/DiMarzio 500k Push
ull Vol/Fender TBX Tone/DiMarzio 500K Pushull Vol, Cannon Jack, Black ‘86 Floyd Rose Original w/42mm F.U. BBBAttachments
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