Kramer Standard Pro

This is an EFT22 tele copy, made in China. Black, strings thru bridge instead of body.
I've played for over 40 years, a variety of music. Traveled with a regional act in the early '70s. Did the Nashville thing in the '90s.
I've had a slew of guitars over the years. My present collection includes a Fender (it is an F word) Strat, a Yairi flat top that I bought new in '73,a Silvertone archtop and my go to electric for the past 20+ years has been a Cortez LP copy(great guitar).

I was looking on E_Bay for a telecaster and ran across this guitar with a nice padded gig bag, a stand, a little battery amp, cord and strap for $35. Shipping cost more. I thought 'What the hell. I sure can't lose anything even if I don't like the guitar'.

This guitar has a great range of tone frome tele twangy to nice and woody. Though the tuners don't appear to be the highest quality they do stay in tune very well(better than my Fender). But it's the neck that really amazed me. After setting the guitar up I was blown away by how great it played. My F-word should play this well.

There's not much to fault this little guitar on. The bridge leaves a little to be desired and the tuners may get an upgrade in the future, but both work fine for now. The set up was terrible when it arrived, but 30 minutes with allens and a screw driver and 'voila' my new favorite guitar.

This is a very well made instrument. The only drawbacks are the string thru bridge and the tuners don't appear to be the best. No mars scars or sharp frets. Very tight construction.

I can't speak for every guitar S101 produces, but I got a winner. If it were lost I would most definitely buy another. It's hard to believe but the cheapest guitar in my house is the best guitar in my house.

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This is a telecaster knock off with a very nice maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Standard tele type pickups and controls. Strings thru bridge, not body. Made in China.
I've been playing for over 40 years and have had a variety of guitars over that time. My present collection includes a Fender Strat (mim), an old Les Paul copy that has been my go to electric for 20+ years, a Yairi flat top that I bought new in '73 and a few others.

I had been wanting a tele for some time and was looking for a Fender on E-Bay when I ran across this for next to nothing. I thought 'What the hell, if I don't like it I sure can't lose anything on it.'

After a good set up there's really nothing to complain about with this guitar. It has a good range of tone from tele twang to nice and woody. The tuners seem to hold quite well. The neck amazed me. I'll take this over my strat any day of the week and I only paid 1/10th the price.

When the guitar arrived it was in very bad need of a set up. The strings were jacked all the way to the top, the intonation wasn't even close and the neck had a hell of a dip. 30 minutes with a couple allens and a screwdriver and 'voila' my new favorite guitar. The only thing I can really knock it for is the string thru bridge instead of body.

The bridge leaves a little to be desired and while the tuners seem to hold for now I'm sure there is probably an upgrade in their future.

I believe these are under $100 brand new. I paid less than half that and it was the best money I have ever spent on a guitar. While I hate to admit it,the cheapest guitar I own is the best guitar I own.

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Im a musician in a few bands this guitar is not a performance guitar... i wouldnt even use it as backup. But if you want to thrash a stage and need a cheap guitar to do it then this is your guy.

The guitar was free. This is the worst stratocastor nock off ever!!!! It would tottally give you the right effect for smashing and destroying a guitar in a live performance... it's quite good at shattering and the noise during smashing is hilarious.

Nothing its never in sync its always falling out of tune it rattles BAD. This quite litterally is the worst guitar ive ever played. If your a performer who smashes guitars after peformance like kurt cobain this is your guitar... Mind you Kurt always had cheap guitars and as far as i know never had a nice one. I do like where the plug in is. It's fairly light "fun to smash".

Sound, Quality, The neck is very weak, hard to tune,

Almost everything on the guitar is mad of the cheapest possible parts. Not neccessarily materials but construction of parts on the guitar... sucks

This is the perfect guitar for show period. Not for recording. Not for performance. If you smashing things in your act then i tottally recommend this as the guitar for just that. Shrapnal everywhere beautiful smashing sounds coming from the amp. #1 for smashings acts. It's cheap and expendable.

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I've played guitar for close to 15 years.

I got this Kramer 'Standard' from www.musicyo.com. I payed $169 (on sale).

What do I like most. Could you please ask a harder question? (some sarcasm for you). Wow, I guess the thing I like the most about this is that the price they are selling this is so INSANELY CHEAP for the top-shelf quality. I cannot believe I even thought about getting a Gibson or an Epiphone. This Kramer is IT for my Les Paul fix. Every detail is emaculate. The finish is gorgeous, pics on the net do NOT do justice. The parts are great. The pickups are amazing. The body design is a little different from a Gibson/Epiphone in that the cutaway tip is sharper rather than rounded (which I like a lot). It's a little closer to the ESP 'LP' bodied guitars. The back has what musicyo is calling "Kramer Designed Body Scarfing" which is like the back of a Strat style guitar. It's more comfortable and hangs better on the body.

The ONLY thing I didn't like was the stock strings it came with. The gauge is too thin for my taste. I'm hoping the nut (graphite by the way, awesome) is cut big enough for a heavier gauge. I like to use 10s and I think this one comes with 9s maybe.

Outstanding, Awesome, Stupendous, Heavenly...I could go on. You couldn't ask for better finish. The neck is beautiful. The frets are polished to perfection. The inlays are gorgeous.

Buy this, buy this, buy this!!! Don't you dare think about spending $500 or more on an Epiphone, or more for a Gibson until you check this out first. You will save tons. Even with regular price the thing is less than $250 which I would gladly pay.

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