Kramer Striker Custom S 424CR

BOUGHT ON EBAY BRAND NEW IN THE BOX FOR$255 PLUS $29 SHIPPING AND HANDLING.I WAS ABOUT TO PURCHASE A ESP KIRK HAMMET STARTED SERACHING ON INFO ABOUT KRAMER AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD REVIEWS ON IT!

THE FIRST THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS GUITAR IS HOW FAST THE NECK IS LUV THE BIG FRETS ALSO,THE PICKUPS R INSANE ESPECIALLY AT THE BRIDGE 100% ALL BALLS!THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS UNIT TOP NOTCH BEAUTIFUL CHERRY BURST COLOR, THE FLOYD ROSE IS GREAT ALSO STAYS IN TUNE ALL DAY AND I ROCK HARD!I BOUGHT THIS GUITAR AS BACKUP TO MY AMERICAN FENDER STRAT TEXAS SPECIAL,THE STRAT HANG WITH KRAMER AT THE BRIDGE IN THE DIRTY CHANNEL,BUT STRAT IS A GREAT ALL AROUND!THE KRAMER ALL IT DOES IS ROCK AND I MEAN ROCK EXTREMELY HARD AND AGGRESIVE!

ONLY ONE THING I DISLIKE ABOUT THIS UNIT AND THATS THE SELECTOR SWITCH SEEMS VERY FRAGILE I KNOW I WILL BE REPLACING THAT VERY SHORTLY!

THE QUALITY OF THIS GUITAR IS AMAZING BUILT LIKE A ROCK BUT LIGHTER THAN A STRAT,EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GUITAR IS TOP NOTCH EXCEPT THE PICKUP SELECTOR EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT!

BOTTOM LINE IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY LOUD AND DIRTY AND DON'T LIKE SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY ON TOP QUALITY ROCK MACHINE BUY THIS GUITAR TRUST ME IVE OWN SEVEN GUITARS AND THIS GUITAR KICKS TOTAL ASS!AWESOME IN THE DIRTY CHANNEL AVG. IN CLEAN THIS GUITAR WAS MADE TO ROCK NOT PLAY CLEAN SO IF U R A CLEAN PLAYER DON'T BUY THIS BUT IF LOVE TO SHRED AND ROCK OUT THIS IS A STEAL!EDDIE VANHALEN PLAYED KRAMERS NOW I KNOW Y!

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Manufactures and imports in Indonsie United States for 300 euros
24 frets
2 Quad-Rail Humbucker and a Dual-Rail Humbucker
Floyd Rose Licensed
Slim-Taper Neck

UTILIZATION

The handle is plutt enjoyable. More than a strat pais but much less than on a Les Paul Obviously. CHAC is easy to acute (found here as a stratum).
In terms of ergonomics nothing specially noted. The guitar seems a little more than lgre strat mas and the weight is gone. It should also be noted that the guitar has a superb finish for the price. And I must say that it takes a max (especially the custom which, unlike the picture a cherry sunburst finish). Rglage Be careful in delivery that can ncessiter a RVision (strings too high for my case)

SOUNDS

If you are looking for crystal clear sound go your way. on the other hand for those seeking a sound rock, hard rock or metal you will be served (not for nothing that the slogan of the brand is: made to rock hard). This is not necessarily my style but I like prdilections occasionally play deus. And with such a quality price Repport why deprive yourself.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for three weeks. I still have too little exprience to know all the capabilities of this guitar but it seems to be the best quality price on the market (with price of the dollar is really worth it).

Note that the version I have is the version and not ms cr (it seems that only the color change)

Made in Indonesia
24 frets
Pickups: 2 Dual-Rail and a Dual-Rail
Floyd Rose Licensed.

UTILIZATION

The handle is very agrébale. Access to acute is not impossible but does not seem natural at first. After a few weeks, there was more trouble odds there.


Ergonomics at RAS, the shape is nice as sitting and standing, the guitar is not too heavy.
It gets very easily sound good (at least we think so, I will return) and this may be thanks to the possibility of setting multiple microphones.

SOUNDS

It is entirely appropriate to the style that I wanted to do with.
I play a Fender Rumble 100 which is connected a Digitech RPX 400.
For metal I have a jackson js30 that sounds very good and the striker did not equal in this area.
Edit May 23, 2009: Now that I'm starting to know the beast I took time for me to create a sound measure for this one and if accuracy level, it never reaches the microphones or jackson emg BUT quad rail palient this problem, because we can afford to lower the gain considerable thanks to its micro and keep a potato Surprisingly spite of everything. It is therefore a compromise sound very powerful but very interesting for the specific or heavy trash. (Position micro quad rail bridge. Worries, however, is the tendency to have a sound mushy but in the bad sense, over time it becomes very heavy as it looks to find the problem of precision micro malgrès Hours of adjustments already made.
The micro dual rail environment only serves to virtually nothing (output level too low, the product without character, bland, cold)
I find the sound of the quad rail handle only a little extreme, hence the interest of the quad rail spliter for the tone of a humbucker.
Other SPLIT position does not in my interest, we lose the gain, power gain without vraimment accuracy. On my setup I'm using does not (see it on an amp lamp)

For clean sounds, it will drip pan at the beginning rather pleased with her (and yes, compared to my Jackson Randhy Road, clear sound better is a little normal), I quickly found the sound bland and I always had to add some effects to fill a little of that and give him a little coconut. Today, I changed it to a Fender Stratocaster Mex and this is another dimension!

OVERALL OPINION

I used it a year and a half .... Finally, she spent a year and a half home but after three months I did not use it much anymore, it does not please me.
I tried different sets of ibanez rg, she had the advantage of well concurencer in style Rock / metal sound offering less cartoonish in its clear, but it is valid only for entry-level series rg course.
The value for money on the internet is pretty good, even very good (233 thotho for version 1 2 dual quad but the quad as the only bridge providing credible possibilities is sufficient). If you are looking for a metal scraper typed and you have a small budget, it will provide a much better option than a BC Rich or entry LTD. if you have 100 more per eruos cons, prefer Jackson JS 30 according to me. So it's a pretty good guitar with a relatively neat finish for the price, but it's not a guitar that you keep all your life.
I had paid dear enough at the time (360 euros new) so no I will not go with that choice, revenche for 233 € on the net is very Honet!