Kramer Assault 220 Plus Electric Guitar (with EMGs)

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Kramer Assault 220 Plus Electric Guitar (with EMGs), Action Position Back

zZounds Gear Experts Say...

Take a journey to the dark side with this killer Assault 220 Plus from Kramer. The equipped pair of EMG 81 and 85 active pickups offers face-melting tones.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
EMG 81 and 85 active pickups	Aggressive, full tone; great sustain and dynamics
Mahogany body	Rich, warm, focused sound; added sustain
Mahogany neck	Great sustain, strength, and warm tone
Tune-o-matic string-through bridge	Recessed ferrules in body to seat strings in place

Overview

Offering an alternative take on the hard-rocking tones and shred-certified performance, Kramer's Assault series takes carved-top single cut styling boldly into territory normally dominated by the offset-double-cutaway crowd. Now Kramer brings the Assault 220 Plus EMG to the range, a guitar loaded with highly desirable features plus a set of upgraded active humbucker pickups for optimum tonal versatility. The Assault 220 Plus EMG is designed with the classic Mahogany tonewood and single cutaway styling but updated with a sharper body horn, a slimmer, more comfortable body with a belly scarf and a glued-in mahogany neck. The Assault 220 Plus comes with the option of a Tune-O-Matic is finished in Gloss Black. Match that to Kramer's new back-angled, 3-3 "Assault" headstock shape and you've got a guitar that cuts a figure like no other axe out there.

Specs

- Solid Mahogany body
- Mahogany neck
- Pair of USA EMG 85 and EMG 81 Active humbucker pickups in the neck and bridge
- 24 Frets
- 25.5" scale
- Nashville style string-through Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Locking premium die cast tuners with 14:1 tuning ratio

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-444-2766
Web: https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Support/Contact

Reviews

(1 ratings)

Submitted September 28, 2019 by Steven T in Florence, KY

"Les Paul style shred guitar that's easy on the back :)."

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When I ordered the guitar over the phone they gave me a discount so the price wasn't all that bad. The EMG tax can be a little heavy, but I plan on putting in an EMG 57/66 set for better dynamics so all I have to do is unplug the pickups and plug in the new one :). This guitar is a little heavier than what I normally play, but it's not nearly as heavy as a Les Paul Standard. I love that it's a single cut away, has a set neck and the neck is one of the smoothest necks I've ever played on. It came with 10 through 46 gauge string and I normally play 9 through 42 gauge so I had to adjust the action and sadly the string wrap job on strings was horrible, but zZounds is a very reasonable company and sent me a set strings to replace the ones that broke off. This is a very well rounded guitar, but in my opinion it would suit rock, hard rock, metal and shred guitarists best. I guess you could play it for blues or jazz, but I wouldn't recommend this guitar for country at all. I plan on getting another one of these, but the next one will be a Seymour Duncan model.