software

For $699.00?

OFR (non recessed?)
Duncan 59 or CC
Decent pot..
single simple color...
hockeystick
I've been GASin for this for quite some time...and checking used kramers too...MusicYo has some of the checkerboard and bullseyes in stock finally

Just wondering if it's possible to have suttin like this built FOR ME for this kinda money...

k...next logical question...whom?

I have been wanting one of those Kramers for a while....

give me all the specs you want in it and i will tell you.

do you want a strat headstock and strat body or do you want it to look like a kramer?

-Mike

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OFR(or Schaller?, same things?)
1 59...angled..
rear routed Alder body for angled bridge pup (not sure if I want a ring or not)
1 volume 500K...
Maple neck/board.. Alder body
simple single color...white...
hockeystick
Beretta Shape is prefferable

Heres the specs on the musicyo page

Color Options: Red, White, Black and Sealer Coat
Neck: One piece Hard Maple with integrated Hard Maple fingerboard
Neck Width: 1.65quot; at Nut
2.06quot; at 12th Fret
Scale: 25.5”
Neck Finish: Light Oil
Fingerboard Radius: 12quot;
Frets: Silver (18% Nickel/Silver Content)
(2.5mm wide x 1.40mm high)
Machine Heads: Schaller M6L, Chrome
Truss Rod: Single Action, Adjustable at Body
Skunk Stripe: Walnut
Body: Solid Alder
Strap Locks: Schaller #446 Chrome
Tremolo: FRT-100 Original Floyd Rose Double-Locking
Made in Germany – Schaller
Wrench Holder: Schaller #233K Chrome
Nut: Neck-Through, R2
Made in Germany – Schaller
Pickup: 84T (Custom-Made to original specifications by Gibson USA)
Wire Gauge: 44 AWB
Turns: 6800
Magnet: Alnico-V
Resistance @ DC = 16.34Kohms
Resonant Freq. = 5.2Kohms
Inductance @ 1KHz = 8.3H
Mounted directly to body
Controls: 1-Master Volume
Potentiometer: CGE 500K Log (Audio Taper)
Output Jack: Switchcraft #151
Strings: Kramer USA
.009 - .011 - .016 - .024w - .032w - .042w
Hard Case Included
being that you want it kramer style and not charvel style the builder i use is out since they do fender/charvel style. PM 9Finger, he has a guy that does good kramer style bodies...as for the neck if you want the hockey head warmoth or a small luthier may be your only choice. if you want to go charvel style though, i got ya covered and may be able to pull one off in your price range.oh and get an OFR, not the schaller!

on the other hand, those kramers seem to be pretty damn good guitars for the $$ so it may be easier to just go that route since you pretty much want exactly that anyway.

-Mike

Thanks Mike!

I really DO want the Kramer body and stock.... though I do like the Charvels too....

that MYO is hard to beat...hardshell case too!

I'm gonna ponder on it

I know a few people that can do it, and would be happy to ...
but $700 is too low, imo, for a Floyd-equipped guitar.

OFR = $150-180
1 x PAF style pickup (we'll be generous here and go with Gibson) = $90
1 x good volume control = $15
1 set of good tuners = $70
1 good Switchcraft jack amp; plate = $20

We've spent $345 - $375 just on those parts alone!

Throw in a good quality neck and body ... I think a builder can do $700 IN HIS COST of parts, but then there's no labour for assembly, set up, finishing/painting the neck amp; body, etc etc.

Go with the Music Yo, hot rod as you see fit, and rejoice!

yikes TO, where have you been buying your parts? some prices are on but $20 for a jack and jack plate and $15 for a pot? CTS and dimarzio pots are $4.50 -$5 and you don't get much better. a switchcraft jack is $2.50 and a chrome football style jack plate is $3.00. also he wanted a duncan 59 so that's only $70. as for tuners since the guitar will have a floyd, spending the cash on schallers isn't 100% needed so you can go with gotohs and it will stay in tune just the same. i use schallers on most builds anyway but i do have one i used gotohs on and it stays in tune just as well since it has a locking nut and floyd and the tuners only cost me $40 or $45. as for the OFR, you're dead on on that, i hunted high and low and the best i found was $170 with nut and string tree.

-Mike


Originally Posted by TwilightOdysseyI know a few people that can do it, and would be happy to ...
but $700 is too low, imo, for a Floyd-equipped guitar.

OFR = $150-180
1 x PAF style pickup (we'll be generous here and go with Gibson) = $90
1 x good volume control = $15
1 set of good tuners = $70
1 good Switchcraft jack amp; plate = $20

We've spent $345 - $375 just on those parts alone!

Throw in a good quality neck and body ... I think a builder can do $700 IN HIS COST of parts, but then there's no labour for assembly, set up, finishing/painting the neck amp; body, etc etc.

Go with the Music Yo, hot rod as you see fit, and rejoice!

You are not far from the truth bro!!!

I cant do one for ya JeffB for your price range!!!! I aint working for free!!!!!

just ran a bunch of numbers for the heck of it and to do a charvel clone similar to the specs you would want in solid white with a oil finished neck would be about $878 or so. that's IF you know how to put it together and oil finish a neck...lucky for me i do all that along with wiring, fret dressing and figerboard rolling etc etc etc myself so that's how i save cash.

-Mike

Spring for the MYO Kramer, Jeff. They aren't bad guitars. Never mind what a certain store owner in Nevada says about them.....LOL. I'd get one in a heartbeat if I could, and didn't have to other projects on my plate that I want to do first.

That's a seriously ugly guitar.

I honestly wasn't trying to be a quot;cheap@$$quot; to anyone here..or get them to work for free Dave...just seeing if this price was out of line to have the same thing built by a independent builder..I didn't really have a clue, and thats why I asked. Did not mean to offend.

I'm gonna keep looking for an old Focus 1000, I think, and then just put a better pup in it when I find a decent one...this is just a quot;sidequot; guitar for me when I get GAS for a Floyd/Bolt on sound/tone.

Those old Focus' are sweet. A fellow player I knew in high school had one. Loaded it up with a Distortion and had it painted like Lynch's burst tiger. Sounded great.


Originally Posted by JeffBI honestly wasn't trying to be a quot;cheap@$$quot; to anyone here..or get them to work for free Dave...just seeing if this price was out of line to have the same thing built by a independent builder..I didn't really have a clue, and thats why I asked. Did not mean to offend.

I'm gonna keep looking for an old Focus 1000, I think, and then just put a better pup in it when I find a decent one...this is just a quot;sidequot; guitar for me when I get GAS for a Floyd/Bolt on sound/tone.

YOU DAMN cheap@$$
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding Jeff!!!! I wasnt offended at all and I didnt mean to come across that way!!!!

Here's a start. This is the beauty of a parts-O-caster. You can grow it over time. It's not a one time expence. But when it's all said and done it will be over your price range. I've built a few parts-o-caster. Even cutting corners on hardware and finishing it myself it ran me $500 And the big down side is there's no resale value . (unless you find someone with your same taste and disposable income )
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I know where several used Kramers are in the $200-300 price range. Some are ready to retrofit with an OFR, some would need a little routing or filling. You might could find one that way and come in under the price you're wanting.

FWIW, that certain Nevada guitar shop owner wants $1000 for his Kramer kit that fits your specs almost exactly.


Originally Posted by theodieYOU DAMN cheap@$$
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding Jeff!!!! I wasnt offended at all and I didnt mean to come across that way!!!!

I wasn't sure...you know how this damn intarweb can be...after seeing a few of your JB tirades, I got skeeered

Thanks for the replies MIA amp; KMC....

HAMER Standard is first in my sights unless I come across a quot;must havequot; focus......there's a nice one on Ebay now...but I friggin hate plain black superstrats, and of course it's black... reckon I could paint it or suttin..

or add some Ozzy stickers? (to match my knuckles )