2012 Kramer “1984” ’84 Reissue Baretta (Black Red Bullseye)

Traded in at our Gladesville store, good used condition with some signs of wear from general use, appears all original and weighs 4kg’s. Made in Korea in 2012.

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It only has one pickup and one knob, its a one trick pony! Wrong. Heres the scoop The 84 comes loaded with a screaming hot Seymour Duncan JB pickup. The tonal range of this pickup is massive and can change characteristic based on your pick attack alone. Throw in the coil tap on the volume knob, and now youve got an entirely different set of sounds to go with. That volume knob also comes with a treble-bleed modification, which means when you roll that knob back, you lower your output without losing tone. You can cut your gain while still cutting through the mix. Im really not sure why more guitars dont employ this mod.

OK, thats it for the electronics.. Simple yeah? This beast of a shred machine doesnt need umpteen knobs to create umpteen sounds. Just one knob. What about the rest of it, though? Tonally, the 84 offers an awesome setup. The whole guitar is maple; the body, the neck, the fretboard, its all maple. Its bright and punchy, stronger than hell, and has sustain for days. The neck on the 84 is slim but wide. Its not a paper thin neck like most shred guitars This neck lets you grab onto it and dig into notes with balls, yet theres a still a quickness to it. This is a guitar for players who want to physically feel the notes while still ripping off lightning fast licks.

This axe comes with an Original Floyd Rose Tremolo Bridge system. Ive had a few of the non-originals and Ive always had issues until now. It doesnt go out of tune no matter how much I abuse it. Ive done six hour marathon live shows with it not going out of tune once, dive bombs and all. 22 medium-jumbo frets make sliding from octave to octave smooth and clean. The harmonics on this guitar are really something special as well. Between the scale and the JB pickup, there are hot harmonic nodes ALL over this guitar, and tap-harmonics require only a light tap, not a brutal slam that bruises your pick-hand fingertips.