The Focus guitars were real nice.
Is it worth it ?
$855.00 + $130.00 shipping .
Thanks for your support! It is equipped with a Floyd Rose II with a screwing in the body, and a block-strings.
The neck is soooo comfortable. Still, I would say a Striker 600ST would be worth $100 if it were in good condition.I wouldn't say they were "budget" guitars, more mid-priced.
Figure a 600ST would be $150 more or so?
I owned a 1986 (?)
I would accidently step on my chord (while leaping about the house in my spandex...just joking!)
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The handle is in three parts, it … EXCELLENT KRAMER STRIKER 100ST Used with Soft Case From Japan Free Shipping.
My first "real" guitar was a Kramer Striker 300ST and I could swear I paid like $500 for it back around '86. I suppose I should have spent more $$ when I had it fixed and had a metal jack with screws installed.
Different models and company history and all.
As I said, I now keep it for sentimental reasons and as I see it, it is not much good anymore other than for maybe parts. Here is what the suggested retail prices were at that time:80's heavey metal...that's the main reason I'm considering this axe...I own a Tele, a SG, an old Fender Lead l, and a few more, but nothing specifically metal...and I was 15 years old in 1986 (the year of metal m/:evil: m/ ) so metal was a big part of my growing up...but I never owned a "metal" axe...I'm picking this one up after work !! When in its case, it looks like a black Dino, the dinosaur from the Flintstones cartoon. Best Kramer to get used is the Focus 1000. I probably had that guitar longer than any other guitar. | 2020 Epiphone SG Classic Worn P90 Cherry | Review + Demo - Duration: 22:40. If you go to the home page there is much more info on the vintage Kramers.
And it's looks. In 1984, Kramer released the Korean-made alternative to the USA and Japanese Kramer lines, the Striker series. Free shipping. !$100 is the most I'd pay for it if its in good shape. If you remove the pickups and / or control plate, you should be able to tell whether the body is solid or plywood, might have to scratch through finish or shielding paint to see the wood. I also had a Stagemaster and while it played outstanding, it didn't sound radically better than the two cheaper ones I had and none of them sounded as good as the Baretta did.I ran across one today as well at a pawn shop, a Striker 605, Neptune NJ made if I recall. By the way, the 600ST was introduced in 1986. ... more mid-priced.
If it was a Focus, it had on Original Floyd Rose. The black is a 2000 MusicYo Striker. The tone that was common in the mid-80s. I believe the Focus series were made in Japan whereas the Striker models were made in Korea. Kramer LK-1BF Used Rosewood Fretboard Black ST Model HS. Pre-Owned.
$169.99 + $50.00 shipping . They had to special order it because I wanted this deep metallic blue finish, all their floor models were flat colors. I used to play it through a Peavey Backstage Plus amp which, I also still have. Is it a piece of schhiwi or is it half good ? The primary downfall for my Kramer and why it is not playable right now was the jack. My first guitar (well second because I had previously owned a cheap flying V style guitar I ordered out of a JCPenney Christmas catalog) was a Kramer Striker 500ST. Kramer Baretta Electric Guitar with soft case Vintage FedEx fast shipping. Decent little guitar, i wouldn't pay more than $100 for it. $640.00.
I also had a Stagemaster and while it played outstanding, it didn't sound radically better than the two cheaper ones I had and none of them sounded as good as the Baretta did. Not great, but certainly not bad.