![]() There is some dispute over the company's early history, but it begins with Travis Bean, a California luthier who was building guitars with aluminum necks. When players and collectors talk about Kramer at its peak as a guitar company, they’re talking about the production run from 1981 to 1986. Kramer’s later years imparted the brand with a lasting reputation for overbuilt guitars, but many players today are coming to realize how excellent those early Kramers were and still are. In late 1983 Kramer switched from the 'beak' headstock design to the Gibson Explorer-like 'banana' headstock design. ![]() Kramer was the only guitar company offering Original Floyd Rose tremolos stock on their production guitars, a competitive advantage of Kramer over other guitar manufacturers of the period. Kramer produced aluminum-necked electric guitars and basses in the 1970s and wooden-necked guitars catering to hard rock and heavy metal musicians in the 1980s Kramer is currently a division of Gibson Guitar Corporation. ![]() Kramer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.
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