As some of you guys may recall, about a year ago I got my hands on a beautiful Kramer 650 G aluminum necked guitar (sorry I still haven't posted pics, I'll try to tomorrow). You may have also seen my topic about that 50th Anniversary Jag I want to purchase. Any ideas where I'm going with this...?


If I were to sell the Kramer, I'd get enough money from it to pay off the Jag completely in one shot, without having to dip into my wallet at all. I'd even probably be able to have a few hundred left over to put towards a new amp or a PA (my band is in DESPERATE need of one). While I do think the Kramer is beautiful, it's just not practical. It's WAY too neck heavy for someone my size to manage playing for more than 20 minutes, it's EXTREMELY finicky with temperature changes (making playing out with it basically impossible -- it can take up to 3 hours to adjust), and I'd always be afraid of something happening to it if I brought it out anywhere. It's more a collector's item, and a collector I am not. It's cool as all hell, but I just don;t have much use for it.


My other option is to get a job to pay for the Jag, which would not only take MUCH longer, but would be basically impossible for me to manage, especially considering I'm already having significant trouble in school this year.

So, should I sell the Kramer I rarely play to someone who will actually be able to appreciate it for what it is and get the guitar I'll love, or keep the rare-as-all-hell Kramer and suck it up and find a way to make a job and school work?

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

Sounds like you've made up your mind to sell the kramer. If you aren't using it and it's jsut collecting dust, and you'll play the jag more, i say sell. Its always hard to gauge cognitive dissonance (AKA buyer's regret) before you take the plunge.
Thus if you'll regret it, dont. if you wont, do

I said sell the Kramer. That guitar is only valuable to collectors. You strike me as a player.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

Yeah, it's cool and all, really nice to look at, but as a player guitar it falls short for what I want. I think I'd rather it be in the hands of someone who can take proper care of it as opposed to a punk guitarist who knocks his s*** around like a toddler with Hotwheels.

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

Sell it. If it's not playable get it out of the collection.

I mean it's technically playable, just not practically. I'm not gonna show up to a venue 5 hours early so my goddamn guitar can adjust to the temperature change

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

Sell it and buy the Jag, along with a decent PA.

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1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Unload it. That guitar only appeals to a select few and in today's economy, you're going to have a hard time selling it to begin with.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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You dig?

lay off SK, everyone has there own opinion of whats good and whats not.

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former user radio_friendly_unit_shifter

Damn, kid. No wonder you're "special." Somebody has split your head wide open.

Retail is ridiculous, but I'm getting it for dead cost (somewhere around $1200, IIRC) so s'all good.

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

Sell the Kamer, however I don't recommend the Jag either.

I LOVELOVELOVE Jaguars, I've made that abundantly clear over the years here. I absolutely love the Jags switching circuit.

I'm telling you though as someone who plays punk and has a MIJ Jag with the classic bridge and vibrato, it does not suit your playing, even with a buzzstop and locking the $@!&* down, you are going to want to throw a TOM on the $@!&#* if you hammer it.

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SELL SELL SELL!!!!!

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

oogway, kungfu panda 2008

Id sell but good luck getting that kinda money for the kramer. But I don,t know what they go for now adays. I didn,t like them much when they came out but thats me. Its always good to get what you want when it comes to guitars.