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Post subject: Is this a crack or wood grain?
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:23 pm
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Can anyone tell me if this is a crack in the wood or a wood grain? I just got this strat on thursday and not sure.

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:04 pm
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It's not a crack.
It's a "flaw" in the wood, but it's not something that will cause a problem. It's probably near where a branch sprouted from the tree.

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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:59 pm
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I don't think this cosmetic detail would affect the guitar's playability.


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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:52 pm
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I agree. A few months after my purchase, I discovered a flaw. I thought it to be a potential problem crack. It was collectively determined that it wasn’t a crack at all. The Taylor guitar was fine otherwise so I kept it. I decided the flaw gave it character, and now I don’t even notice it.

One of the shops here showed me a 3 Tone Sunburst Strat with a good size knot hole on the face of the body. Now that’s über character. Like Rich said, it’s wood. :wink:
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Post subject: Re: Is this a crack or wood grain?
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 11:05 pm
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Fender Strat Brat wrote:
Like Rich said, it’s wood.

Yup.
There are options... just not from Fender...
Parker Fly, Ovation... I guess someone is making carbon fiber acoustics now...
I used to have a Kramer DMZ-2000. 5-layer Mahogany/Maple body laminated in a neck-through style, but the neck itself was machined aluminum with an Ebonol fretboard and a "tuning fork" headstock.
The rear of the neck was a "T" and filled in with Mahogany so it still had the warm feel of wood.

It was a fun guitar and would sustain for days!
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 11:29 pm
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CB91710 wrote:
Fender Strat Brat wrote:
Like Rich said, it’s wood.

Yup.
There are options... just not from Fender...
Parker Fly, Ovation... I guess someone is making carbon fiber acoustics now...
I used to have a Kramer DMZ-2000. 5-layer Mahogany/Maple body laminated in a neck-through style, but the neck itself was machined aluminum with an Ebonol fretboard and a "tuning fork" headstock.
The rear of the neck was a "T" and filled in with Mahogany so it still had the warm feel of wood.

It was a fun guitar and would sustain for days!

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before. Very cool, Rich!

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:35 am
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After Gary Kramer's departure in the early 1980s the firm entered the superstrat era, becoming one of the most successful US guitar manufacturers in 1986, thanks to the association with Floyd Rose and EVH.

The last of the "tuning fork" guitars and basses dates from 1981.

Kramer's fame didn't last long as the brand's popularity declined, eventually leading to its bankruptcy in 1990. Gibson acquired the rights and assets in 1997, starting distribution through the now-defunct Music-Yo website.


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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:03 am
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Now that’s pretty funky. Thanks, for the story and photos of the Kramer DMZ-2000, Rich. Pretty wild.

It reminds me of some of the industrial arts school projects I saw with an added professional touch. I like it. 8)
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:10 pm
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Wish I still had it... but dumb high school kid didn't feel that he could justify owning more than one guitar, so it was '78 Antigua, traded for a '79 Anniversary, traded back for the Antigua... then in '81 traded for the Kramer.
Sold the Kramer to Victor's pawn shop in Fullerton in '82 or '83 :(

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:36 pm
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1981 was the last year for the "tuning fork" era as Kramer chose a new direction, starting with the Pacer and Baretta series, introduced the following year.


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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:56 pm
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Those Kramer guitars were very good guitars -- well made instruments. They may look a little funky, but they did not play funky. I just remember that if the room it was in was cold or it was left near somewhere real cold, the neck was like holding a frozen pipe -- super strange.

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:51 pm
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01GT eibach wrote:
Those Kramer guitars were very good guitars -- well made instruments. They may look a little funky, but they did not play funky. I just remember that if the room it was in was cold or it was left near somewhere real cold, the neck was like holding a frozen pipe -- super strange.

Yep.
The wood inlay helped with that, but it still had the cold edges and strip down the middle.
I had heard that the first models were solid and never warmed up!

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Post subject: Re: Is this a crack or wood grain?
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:04 am
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It is a freckle not a crack IMHO. Those Kramers are cool but felt awkward to me. Geno from Filter brought his to the pawnshop on Division in the bldg. where I lived Both of them were cool. He played one at the Riviera the year before, very unique sound. Bright screaming almost similar to Johnny Winter in the front row.

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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:15 am
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Aluminum-necked "tuning forks" were produced before Gary Kramer left the firm.

Their body shapes influenced Alembic, Pedulla, Wal, Ibanez and many others.


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Post subject: Re: Is this a crack or wood grain?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:17 pm
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Thank you all for you reply to my question. You put my mind at ease. I don't mind having a 'defect', wood is not manufactured so if it looks like made by nature, its fine by me. I was concerned, since the rest of the neck is flawless with that one bit showing there. I agree that it adds a character, especially that you can only see it at a certain angle and light. Thanks again!


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