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VintageSilvertones.com is a curated collection of electric guitars chosen for their unique tone, design, and significance in electric guitar history from approximately 1950-1980. This collection approaches electric guitars from the underdog perspective.
Clearly unusual, eh. There must have been a reason Kramer went from the solid headstock with T hole in the Travis Bean's to this style. But, I'm not sure the reasoning. It could be to save on metal or just purely aesthetic.
Very true. They should come with a lifetime no-warp guarantee. It would take a truck running it over to warp the neck.
KRAMER 450G - 2pu - natural/walnut & maple solidbody, ohsc, Neptune New Jersey, 1978. Sold.
Heavy guitar with sweet woodwork, powerful humbuckers, walnut inlays in aluminum neck, & just a gem from Jersey!
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Yeah, they are definitely heavy guitars. The solid wood body and metal/wood headstock are meant for people with strong backs. Although I feel like that was less of a consideration back in the 1970s. There aren't too many of the black Kramers. Most are the natural/stained wood finishes.
These are a move away from the Travis Bean headstock which was full metal with a T shaped hole in the middle. The metal is really durable. But, it is a heavy guitar. The wood inserts in the neck help with playing a colder outdoor show; which was the downside to the full aluminum Travis Bean necks.
Nah, these are really, solid metal. It would take full-force audience uprising to do damage to this axe. It's ready for battle! ;-)
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KRAMER 250G - 2pu black solidbody electric guitar ohsc Neptune NJ 1977. Sold.
Probably one of the 1st 250G's produced since the neck is a slightly different metal. It's more warm colored. Single-coils, heavy & ready to Rock!
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Oh wow, that's cool. We had a Travis Bean. It was a nice guitar. A little more toned down than I would have expected. Maybe I'll post that at the end of this Kramer run.
The NY Times has an article about Richard Hell and his rent stabilized apartment in the East Village. It's kind of interesting:
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I know what you're saying. The 250G is the low end of the line; which just means it's simpler in appointments. But, the pickups have some bite to them. They play really nicely. I'm going to post more Kramers in the next few days, you might find those a little more visually enticing.
It's cool right. This guitar is a heavy one. The solid wood body and aluminum neck make is a serious battle axe!
Agreed! These early Kramer are really sharp looking guitars...more to be posted...stay tuned!
KRAMER 250G - 2pu natural solidbody electric guitar ohsc Neptune New Jersey 1978. Sold.
Gary Kramer spun out of the Travis Bean guitar shop to make aluminum necks better by using wood inserts. This is 1 of the first models.
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That's really cool! I played this one unplugged way more than I plugged it in. That's also a by product of living in NYC with neighbors next door and not wanting to piss them off.
I've certainly seen the Dillion guitars. But, but have never actually played one. I remember they made a Mosrite Ventures copy that looked interesting. But, don't know much beyond that. If Glen Campbell played one, they can't be too shabby.
I know exactly what you're saying. I've seen copies of Strats, Les Pauls, and ES335's that just seem like no thought went into them.
Nat Daniels approached guitars making from an inexpensive yet high-quality production process. Repurposing the lipstick tubes, masonite bodies, etc held up to time.
The lipstick pickups are really the secret weapon all the Dano guitars. Nat Daniels knew what he was doing when he invented those.
It's def a unique guitar with a pretty broad array of sound. And, as mentioned, for single-coils they're surprisingly not very noisy. I'm not sure what Yamaha did (presumably something electrical) to make them that way. But, really different sounding.
There's no doubt it was inspired by the Les Paul. But, these U-series guitars are almost as old as the Les Paul. They go back to 1954. But, the cutaway is not as pointy & the body is wider, thinner & lighter than an LP. The controls/bridge/hardware is all very different. So it comes down to taste.
Nice! The Longhorns are very cool looking basses. And, they did a solid job on those reissues!
GG Allin! ...no seriously Gram Parsons ;-)
DAN ARMSTRONG MODIFIED DANELECTRO - 1pu black solidbody electric guitar NYC/Neptune NJ 1969. For sale.
Luthier Dan Armstrong bought up parts when Danelectro closed & produced a rare/small run of ace gtrs.
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Yeah, it's pretty unusual color. Kind of a grey-blue.
I bet you're right. Gene had so much potential. Desert Rose Band was great too!
Nah, Danelectro never did paint jobs like that. They stuck to the copperburst on the early longhorns. That guitar was definitely modified.
yeah, there's a lot of different sounds from them it's a pretty versatile guitar. i tended to keep it with all three pickups on then just adjusted the volume on each pickup to get the diff tones.
That's a super clean Silvertone 1448. But, the knobs have been changed. It's an early one from the first year they were made. The plastic-tipped tuners indicate that first run of the model. The later ones have Skate-key tuners.
It's definitely that. I've played it a lot over the years.
Ha!! totally!