Kramer Baretta Vintage Floyd Rose Electric Guitar

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Based on specs from the 1985 Baretta, the Baretta Vintage has the iconic offset double-cut body and "hockey" headstock that rocked the world decades ago.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Seymour Duncan JB pickups Hotter output and smooth, vintage feel
14" Fretboard Radius Flatter fretboard radius for faster playing
Floyd Rose locking tremolo Stays in tune through dive bombs or light vibratos
Maple neck Bright tone, full sustain and strength

Kramer is the number one name in high-performance guitars for high-performance rockers, and the Baretta Vintage has a pedigree like few instruments out there. Based on specifications off the original 1985 Kramer Baretta, the Baretta Vintage has the distinctive offset double-cutaway body and "hockey" headstock that set the rock world on fire nearly 30 years ago, while providing the power and playability required to do justice to its namesake. With a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker pickup, and Floyd Rose tremolo, this shred machine is a true work horse.

- Body: Double-cutaway
- Headstock: "Hockey"
- Pickup: Syemour Duncan JB humbucker
- Tremolo: Floyd Rose
- Radius: 14"
- Frets: 24
- Scale: 25.5"
- Neck & Fingerboard: Bolt-On, Maple neck

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

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (6 ratings)
Submitted December 31, 2020 by a customer from sonic.net

"Exceeds Expectations"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I was an 80's kid & still a disciple of the super-strat guitar cult. Have a bunch of killer shredders, but never owned an original Kramer So I was very curious what this 80's throwback guitar could bring at this price point. And what it brings is legit shredding goodness. The neck/fretwork is really great, nice & even, no high or flat spots. Fret ends are nicely rounded & smooth. Frets were slightly tarnished out of the box , but polished up nicely when I changed strings. These are medium jumbo frets, whereas my preference is jumbo - but not an issue to me with how good overall this neck feels. I like the 14" radius, which is why I chose this over the '84 model. Set up was very good out of the box, what I assume is factory spec. I re-did the setup because I wanted to run 9's & lower the action. I did not need to adjust the truss rod, and was able to drop the action to my preference with no fret buzz (revealing how good the fret work is on this guitar), The only downside is the trem is almost all the way down on the posts now, and has no room for back pull. I may shim the neck so I can raise the bridge to get my flutter back in the game. But as it is now, it is a total fireball of shredder with very low action.Overall feel, this is a relatively heavy guitar for it's size being all maple. I think this is a positive, being nice & sturdy with a lot of sustain. I have an 83 custom Charvel even heavier than this, so to me this is familiar territory. This Kramer is bright sounding, read more and I wonder if the angled pickup doesn't help here, even though a Seymour Duncan JB is the perfect pickup for this style of guitar. This angled pickup is a throwback to the days before "F spaced" pickups were created to line the pole pieces up to the wider string spacing. It was a compromise to install them at an angle so at least one pole was under 1 & 6 strings. But it has it's vintage charm here, and sounds killer when adjusting the amp EQ accordingly.

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