For tonewoods, it has mahogany on the body, which is a great tonewood for the price range. Mahogany is light, durable, and gorgeous-looking. At the same time, it offers a rich sound and fair projection. This latest collection is certainly worthy of the brand’s heritage, with wild finishes and no options for fixed bridges. It is, after all, what Kramer were famous for – and they still are, looking how much the American-made originals go for secondhand. Solid Mahogany body, with a stylish Purple finish, and a dual-cutaway shape for easy access to the guitars upper frets

I will try this again. I was wondering how it could stay in tune with the angle of the strings beyond the nut being what it is. Did you do any work to the nut, and did it help? USED products: 4% of the current new selling price to increase the warranty from 3 months to 1 year. 4% for each additional year. If you are interested in receiving this coverage for longer than one year, you have the option of purchasing additional years of the Performance Warranty. The pricing is as follows: NEW products: 4% of the current new selling price to double the warranty from 1 year to 2 years. 4% for each additional year.Lastly, you have a master volume knob for control. That’s it, so the Kramer Baretta Special doesn’t boast versatility. It is what it is. It certainly is – and even comes in a finish called Maximum Steel. The tremolo is recessed which means you can pull more in pitch – you can get close by tilting the bridge on a non-recessed guitar, but having less physical space to play with will always result in less range. And while we’re on the subject of range, you might have noticed 24 frets instead of 22. Improving the hardware is up to you, though. You could take its awesome metal sound to the stage with better hardware, thus saving you the money a mid-level or professional guitar would cost.

The hardware is fairly simple as well, but it’s not at the same level of performance as the rest of the construction. The Jersey Star is the most expensive offering in this line-up. Is it worth the extra money? In this case, very much so. This Kramer guitar has a vintage-style tremolo bridge plus a whammy bar, which is similar to what Eddie Van Halen used to have. Some would say a whammy is essential for ‘80s metal playing. Sub-par tunning pegs won’t ensure your guitar stays on tune as you play songs live or record songs at the studio. Downside & Alternatives While the other instruments in this round-up have a flat 14” fingerboard radius, this particular model is even flatter still at 16”– which makes it incredibly playable. The addition of gold hardware also works especially well against this Alpine White finish.Also, it doesn’t help that the brand shares its name with an iconic and eccentric ‘90s sitcom character. Being the Kramer Baretta Special such an affordable guitar, there had to be some cheapened features. And, unfortunately, Karmer saved the money by using sub-par hardware. Overall, the Kramer Baretta Special has awesome metal sounds, with a hot output capable of giving presence to your solos, taps, slides, and similar. Aswe expected, it is also considerably lighter – maple is a much denser and harder tonewood by comparison. Its deep warmth is offset by thesnappiness of the ebony fingerboard. In addition to this, the Mahoganybody is shaped to fit comfortably against your torso, and gives you easy-access to every note on the fingerboard. No-Nonsense Voice

String height and intonation out of the box, in retrospect, were not great, but the action was pretty solid. The quality of the bridge is sub par. one of the length screws has filled threads on the upper 1/8th on an inch of the screw, so I'm not super sure how the convinced the screw into the saddle in the first place, but the saddles threads are now nearly stripped because of this. The chrome comes off the bridge very easily and there is something copper coloured underneath, probably copper or some alloy thereof, probably not red gold unfortunately. It is most obvious under the string height screws. This could be a function of me setting string height while tuned, but it is a little disappointing. It seems like the chrome should stand up to that. Kramer Guitars is the lesser-known Gibson subsidiary. They create electric guitar and basses, and although their name doesn’t harness the greatest popularity, the Kramer Baretta Special has a well-deserved cult following. The trem is uselles.Meaning with a set up it holds tune BUT no matter how it is set up its stiff as a fart that wont come out Sadly, the Kramer Baretta Special is not the iconic model Eddie Van Halen used to play. We’re instead looking at a budget and IndonesianMostmade reissue of the New Jersey custom-shop model.The fretboard has no binding around it, which doesn't actually bother me. Aesthetically, it fits the guitar. But the slots they cut in it to put the frets in are filled kind of poorly. This is very minor and not a playablitiy issue at all, and given some of the QC topics I've seen here on some really expensive Gibson's, I really have nothing to complain about. The fretwork itself seems quite good. Nothing sharp or paper cutty. The Kramer Baretta Special became famous in 1984, but Gibson stopped the production of the guitar many years ago.