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I love how those Kramers look and sound. But after actually picking several of them up, I decided I can't afford the associated chiropractic treatments!

haha ! Yeah this Kramer is 10.6 lbs. My Bean is 11.3 lbs haha. My Wolf guitars are all around 10 lbs ish. I own a lot of heavy guitars. Not good for my back, but if a guitar doesnt have weight to it i can get comfortable with it. Ive had some nice guitars in my time, but they were too light.

Decisions on that Kramer... hmmm.... do i pull the trigger or not... I may buy it for a friend for Xmas actually. I have the Bean and im happy, but this is rare to find one of these for $1200 in mint condition, all original and with case. My buddy would be wicked happy. I think thats what ill do.

Didn't Kramer & Bean have some sort of professional relationship that led to these brands of guitar? I love the Bean, but the Kramer neck with the strips of wood looks very cool. If I remember those came with Dimarzios too.

Yeah, gotta keep that Kramer if it sounds killer.

Congrats!

Kramer worked at Travis Bean. He then started his own company. His design was a response to some complaints that the neck on the Beans never warmed up. I played with a guy many years ago who used to complain that his Bean’s neck stayed cold when we played outdoors. The wood inserts were Kramer’s remedy. The most notable difference, though, is the length of the neck. Kramer uses a fairly standard bolt-on design, while the Bean neck has a long tenon that continues 2/3 of the way through the body with the pickups mounted in the tenon.

Bill, tgo

Few pics of my Beans first show (from the Hungry Tiger last night). My buddy Luke from the band Positive Mental Trip named the guitar for me. Mr. Bean. Fitting lol

WOW! A bell bottoms sighting!

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

^ haha. I dont own a pair of NON bell bottoms. Im a flash from a past arnt i ?