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Monday, June 30, 2008
Gary Kramer Turbulence FX
Posted by Jon in • Crazy Guitar Designs
About a month ago I featured a name synonymous with guitars since the 80’s rock explosion Wayne Charvel, well around the same time another guitar builder was attracting all the right customers and even lured Eddie Van Halen away from Charvel! That man was Gary Kramer. Gary Kramer co-founded Kramer Guitars in the late 1970s with close friend Dennis Berardi. Kramer originally started out making Aluminium neck guitars but in 1981 ditched the idea to follow Chavel’s suit with wooden neck guitars, they were also the first guitar company to offer Original Floyd Rose locking tremelo on their production guitars. By late 1985, Kramer began installing Seymour Duncan pickups in its guitars, in favor over the more vintage-sounding Schaller pickups. and became the best-selling guitar brand of 1985 and 1986.
Despite endorsments by big name guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen and Richie Sambora Kramer came to an end in 1991, mostly due to financial problems. The company had been spending huge amounts on advertising and endorsements, and then lost a lawsuit with Floyd Rose over royalties. It is back up and running now, owned by Gibson and really just existing for nostalgia’s sake.
However In 2005, Gary Kramer began working with Leo Scala to bring out a new line of guitars to be manufactured under the name Gary Kramer Guitars. There is the odd nod back to the 80’s with the USA Custom models as well as the Crusader Limited but Gary Kramer has decided to take a bold step in guitar design and create something a little different. The Turbulence FX guitar not only has a unique and ergonomic body shape but it also has a 6 point Bolt-on 7 string neck with 36 fretless frets while still maintaining a 25.5” scale. The “Delta Wing” body is Mahogany with with contoured surfaces and a detachable aluminum leg rest unit. The guitar also has a recessed Tunomatic with string through design and a direct mounted Bridge Alnico humbucking pickup.
Check out this YouTube video of the guitar in action.
Jon,
I’m always fascinated by the material yu come up with and I genuinely think that this is possibly one of the best guitar sites on the web
Thank you Tony I’m glad you enjoy reading Guitar Noize, its nice to hear when I put so many hours into scouring the web
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