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Style of Music: Classic Rock, Country

Comments: I bought this bass never having seen one before. I played a Precision for 30 years and thought it might be something I'd whip out at a gig for a hoot. Boy was I wrong!!! I've been playing this one non stop since I held it in my arms the first time. It is flawless and the action is low & fast. Played through an Ampeg B25B stack, as legend has it, once made a patron throw up form an open E sustained ring. It's heavy but worth it's weight in gold.!!

Score: 9.8

04/06/2009 at 06:42 AM

by Tom Richards

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Purchased New:		no
Date Acquired:		3/24/2009
Price:		$800
Name:		Tom Richards
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Style of Music: Post Punk, Punk, Jersey Shore Sound

Comments: The Kramer plant was a couple of mile away growing up, and I know many of the people who owned it and worked there.

I am glad I brought this beauty back home to NJ. The bass itself appears to have rarely been played, almost new-old stock. Even has the pickup rings!

The tone is one of a kind. It has a really cool quality if you dial the bridge pickup to all bass and the neck pickup to all treble. Just way cool.

Warning, this thing weighs, literally, a ton. If you are going to play it all nite, be ready! But it sustains like a piano. The action is the lowest I've ever been able to get.

I gave tone a 9 only because the original pickups are a little weak, and the A string just doesn't have as much power as the rest. I had Paul Unkert give it a once over and it didn't really improve there.

All in all, whether a lumie or not, it is one amazing bass. Never letting this one go.

Score: 9.4

11/19/2008 at 4:22 PM

by Steve M

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Date Acquired:		10/20/08
Price:		$800
Name:		Steve M
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Style of Music: Top 40 & 80's Music

Comments: I love this bass. It's beautiful, great tone and a great conversation piece. I recommend light strings on it, as the necks are sensitive to high tension and tend to bow with a heavier gauge. Pick-up placement not optimal for slap/funk.

Score: 10

12/30/2007 at 6:13 PM

by CretinDiscoParty

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Price:		400
Name:		CretinDiscoParty
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Style of Music: I play a mixture of music styles ranging from blues to Metal, and Metal to eastern music.

Comments: The ultimate bass for sound and tone. Couldnt recomend more

Score: 9.8

10/01/2007 at 12:43 PM

by Kip Martin

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Date Acquired:		2001
Price:		$350.00
Name:		Kip Martin
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Style of Music: Original Rock

Comments: I got one new in 1978,sold it and missed it so badly that I had to get another one.Nothing else sounds like the early Kramers!

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