Setting Up Your Kramer Baretta Special for BEST PERFORMANCE!
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God bless this man breaking out the knowledge to help a someone tinkering on a 170$ guitar
I love that us of a certain age have more fun with simple guitars, also you have plenty of room too put any pick ups and gizmo's you want.....rock on!
Less to do with your age more to do with preference and taste
I've always preferred guitars with a single pick up, less magnetic pull = better tone
Awesome! Thanks!! I’ve only been playing a few short months and I can handle these set up tips. I think I’m going to pick up a couple of these now. Why? Because one color ain’t enough at the price you can get these for. Plus, I’m an 80’s guy …. so they’re perfect. Eddies passing made me pick up a guitar at 51 and learn what I can. I told myself I’m going to learn some of his stuff, no matter how long it takes or how bad I suck. And I’m having fun doing it.
You're never too old to learn. Me, guitar for 40 years and I still suck. But just had my 2nd piano lesson. Its all good as long as you're having fun
Dang right man, go for it. Its so fun even after a whole life mostly riffing and playing for myself. I played in a few bands when i was from 12 to 17, then shit has piled up let me tell you. Guitar gear and playing is my big interest. You can keep it at what level you want, maybe even take lessons and develop to a decent player pretty fast. So much info and such on the internet now so not at all a must. Have fun!
You’re damn right brother!
All Right & Good For You!!!! Have a blast, if you feel it, you will figure it out, meaning, you dont really have to “think” all the time and thats gonna be a kick ass moment when its just comin out of ya, keep goin!
I hope you buy the jackson js22 $189 and compare these two guitars, a show down! which is the best balls out guitar for under 200. KRAMER VS JACKSON! now there a thumbnail!
Great explanation When you were removing that resistor and I thought you were playing that game Operation 👍
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When I push my whammy bar down, not even that much 3 of my 6 string go sharp. Any tips ?
Hi there, i just bought this Guitar last week and i'm asking myself how can i take care of this maple Fretboard. Do i need a Lemon Oil or a Wax??? Thanks and best Regards from Germany
He said NUT SAUCE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have the white one and set it up myself and it's unbelievable how low the action was able to be set without any buzz ! I cut the capacitor and it sounds great stock . Little bit of graphite in the nut and it's a giggable guitar !
Is the truss rod double action? I’m so lost trying to get my action lower as it’s buzzes from any height as soon as I tried setting it up
You have her dialed in!!! Sounds gr8 friend...huge improvement 🤣 did u say Kramaaaa? 😆 🤣 Go red sox!! Just incredible deal for the money 💰. I picked one up and for some reason why never seen another the neck was flamed maple? Anways killer job as always!!!!
My goodness I hear some Lynch , Eddie and a massive 80s tone there sir .
Great stuff! Would love to see how you setup one of your Floyd equipped guitars. Setting up a Floyd is considered sort of dark arts voodoo to a lot of people. I think you would make it clear and easy to understand.
I was on the fence about getting a new guitar.. Kramer in purple is calling my name lol
It's a simple guitar it doesn't have a thousand features. It says "hey play me"
I haven’t watched your channel in a long time. It’s good to see you jamming and being your cool self! Now play some Skynyrd! Just jiving. Rock it, brotha!!
Hey Steve, What's the name of the bias fx 2 setting that you use? Thanks
Still my go to guitar set up video. Especially like the tip to bend the g string to see if the tremelo stays decked while bending the G string. Well done video Steve. I've been around since even before you did your basement remodel. We're getting old bro. Rock on.
I think that's not a resistor but capacitor in that volume pot 😅
OK Steve, you made me get one just like yours, candy blue... I haven't bought a new guitar in like 20 years or more... greetings from Argentina!
Looks more like a capacitor to me. Resistors have bands of color to reflect their value. Also, capacitors will affect frequency roll offs... resistors reduce signal level .
It's definitely a capacitor. I was thinking resistor, but it didn't look like one to me either. I pulled it from the trash and it's definitely a capacitor. It's a bass roll-off as the volume drops, which is exactly what was happening. Adding a resistor would have also reduced the treble a bit, to be more even.
@@SFBGuitar what amount of relief did u set the neck up with?
@@SFBGuitar Yep. I knew that and did that as soon as I got mine home. And I still don´t understand the genius of adding that cap in there...
@@jukka9333 it's a cap...energy storage
@Elias HeronBons ok, I get that but this time the capacitor ruined the use of the volume potentiometer totally. I was on-off basically with the capacitor.
Buying a Korean Kramer Striker from the 80s must be honest thing todo , whats the point to buy a fake Rolex ? , Gibson bought Kramer and is trashing the legendary brand
Steve,how are ya?this is the only way I know to reach you so forgive me if this is the wrong place . I just got my Kramer baretta yesterday, and I keep talking myself out of cutting the treble bleed thing on the volume pot.but it is an annoying issue. I guess I'll just close my eyes and grit my teeth and cut it. ..lol... I love your channel Man!
Have you seen the new Pacer classic?
Steve, I just got to say you are a class act man! Been watching your videos since I started playing guitar and have always looked up to you! Crazy to think it's been at least ten years ago when I visited your channel for the first time! Keep it up man! You rock!
@1:56
Is the bridge groundwire just not connected?
Help.me.under.stand.
I’m getting major fret buzz at first fret across all springs. Looks like the neck might be dipping to the right. Is the neck warped or does it just require a few adjustments to the truss rod?
waiting for the chinese Gibson Les Paul for 200 bucks
I always remove treble bleeds. It's a fake brightness. Much more versatile without it.
Hey Steve can you play that guitar for 20 min. straight, throw everything you have into it, now that would be a great song on the rotation of my playlists !
The beauty of a guitar like this is how little it costs. A lot of guys buy these and put real Floyd’s on them but I think that defeats the whole purpose when you’re adding a part that costs more than the guitar itself. I would upgrade the nut if it absolutely needed it but hopefully lubing it would be enough. Maybe upgrade the tuning machines, a better pot and maybe a pickup change but I feel the pickup is decent enough
And great that you pointed out removing that resistor. Kramer puts that on a lot of their guitars and it is awful what it does to the tone. Just a stupid gimmick
Dam this guy can play he can make a 50 dollar guitar sound like 2k guitar 🙈
If we don’t use the tremolo bar, is there any reason to remove the middle spring? Thanks!!!
I wonder if this thing can handle drop B. I see everyone playing this guitar in e standard lol
Hey Steve. Can you share the weight of this thing? I can't find exact weights but people say heavy. Bad neck so sounds like more of a "sitting down" guitar. Thank you if you can and Best Regards/Wishes!
Thanks for the mention. Aren’t those Baretta Specials a lot of guitar for the money? And, they were $179 before everything got crazy. You can’t go wrong.
I played one yesterday, I was impressed. Better specs than a lot of guitars triple the price.
@@Anjohl is it good for metal stuff?
Let know if have use one for sale show one &69.00? You thank good deal!
Good job, your voice sounds like frosty the snowman
I have purpure …i have all original setup from guitar repairman (god) and its perfect needs set up nothing to swap when u dont what to or need
Hey just a quick question does it stay in tune when using the whammy bar?
Excellent setup explanation. Freakin' outstanding Steve!!! and thorough too
I did all of this to mine and it worked great up until this past week. The tuning stability has been horrible, should I just say screw it and put a Floyd on just so it’s not a pain in the ass? Or do I keep it stock to have just a guitar that’s great for the value?
It may be your intonation?
Did that on my jackson 2 springs was enough
Steve, I have an idea for a video. Buy the absolute cheapest used amp & used electric guitar on Guitar Center’s site. Get the guitar up to snuff (without spending money) and run some pedals through the amp and see what happens.
Another tip: replace the volume pot to 1 meg pot to make it more open and more output
Yeah i agree depending on the tone you are going for. I use a 1meg for all darker pu's like the dimarzio
super 3 and even the Tone Zone.
i wanted one but the wam was so outta wack it was like why did they release these in such a state
Wondering if their Kramer focus uses the same humbucker, it comes with a maple neck 2 single coils and a humbucker, that Barettas pickup is bad arse.
I might try this. I have the purple one and the white one. I’ve been using them as stop tails. I replaced the stock pickups in both and upgraded the tuners to gotohs. Probably the best budget guitar I’ve come across over the years.
Did the gotoh tuners drop right in?
I got the purple one! I am going to try to do your solutions! I need more setup experience...can I get help?
That's a capacitor, not a resistor on the volume pot.
What a great inexpensive guitar! You probably just sold a ton of these. 🤘
I see these on craigslist for $150 bucks 😉
i have that exact baretta love the neck on them super fast!! thanks for the tips Steve!! i upgraded the saddles to rollers and put a set of Gotoh Tuners and its mint now!!
I blocked the trem. Problem solved
Great video .. may I ask what kind of rig your using your sound is so dirty yet so perfectly clean
Steve that guitar is not rocket science man Just Common sense.🤣😂🚀
Just wish this came with a Floyd Rose.
dude you look like you play in a church band, and here you are hammering out the sunset strip sounds.......WTF lol
Hahahahahaha! This comment made me smile! But hey, a lot of those church band guys can really git 'er done!
Steve - Great video, but that block looked real skinny. I would consider replacing it with an FU-Tone brass block for increased sustain.🤘🏻🎸👍🏻
10mm nuts on tuner face side and use the flat blade slots of a pickup to raise the weak D string slightly. One of the 3 treble strings will be too loud and piercing, so lower it barely. You get better balance across strings that way...
What strings on your kramer?
Excellent tips man! Specifically for starters who can learn how to improve the guitar without spending money !! God bless you!
Do you think it's possible to install like a vegatrem bridge on this guitar? Keep up the good work! 👏
Played it in the Store. This thing sounds soooo good out of the box. I really need it. '
The only reason I didn't bought it direct in the store was because they didn't have the blue one in storage.
One of the saddest moments of my life.
It’s much better. The hollow sound is now cleaned up. For the price it now rocks. Thanks for the through setup . I love these videos . Very helpful. Peace dude.
I have a purple one and did all of this, except I still need to lubricate the nut. I tried removing the capacitor and didn't make much difference, so I put in a new CTS pot. I also added a Tesi Switch killswitch. Great low price guitar.
Some great tips thanks Steve! Just got my baretta in purple and it is a fantastic guitar for the money but with a few tweaks as shown in this video it could be so much better for not much money
I really like your content Steve. Also, nice tone man. I may need to get one of these bargain Kramers.
Almost every new guitar I get I check those nuts on the tuners and they are almost always pretty loose. Like you said just snug 'em up. Good video Steve Rock on!
If you ever take that thing apart I'd be interested in knowing if the neck drops into a strat/squier body. 200 bucks is a good price for a cool Kramer neck for a project guitar.
Wow this guitar has really boomed! I had one of the first batch back in the day.. bought it just for the looks. I really didnt like the neck, i scalloped it 😂 got a bit better, but still felt a little awkward.
The stock pickup is decent.
It does look good tho.
When you mean back off do you mean lower the pick up?
Yes, Contact, "backing it off" means the same thing as "lowering it" when it comes to pickups. It appears that the pickup initially being set too high was causing some undesirable frequency spikes, and that lowering the pickup corrected that and smoothed things out sonically.
I also had the problem with the fastening nuts on the tuners, I heard something was wrong but I didn't know what, then I simply tightened all the screws on the guitar and two of them were loose 🤷♂️😄 Hard to believe but that makes a huge difference
Hey Steve, Brian from Worcester LOL love your videos and I am getting less intimidated fixing my guitars. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Great video and brilliant advice. 👍 I have this exact Batetta Special and I cannot recommend highly enough getting rid of that Cap and that middle spring. It's like a different guitar afterwards! 🤘😎🤘
Nice video Steve…..see you at NAMM!!
Steve for President!
Ive put a gotoh floyd on mine, might as well go all the way and still come out cheaper than the vintage baretta. One pickup is all you need folks🤙
I don't know what's about your hands, mate but you make every guitar - all of them - sound like a TON OF BRICKS. What a tone there! Amazing.
Definitely has a great touch.
little leslie west sounding
I'd put a Floyd Rose Rail Tail tremolo or a Vega Trem on it for gits and shiggles
Awesome awesome awesome video, sir! What strings did you use gauge size?
That's one of my dream guitars right there ...as a one humbucker freak .. and i really appreciate your tips !
If i ever get her i will follow those tips for sure !
I used the Big Bends Nut Sauce for the issue with the nut on mine. I had a problem where the G string would go sharp after using the trem. Solved the problem pretty quickly.
Hey Steve, hope all is well. Typing this on my iPad while yer riffing on the TV, my friend, you have quite an impressive roster of tasty chops and your tone is always sublime ear candy. Though I don’t often comment, thanks again for what you do. Great reviews and just a pleasure to stop by your space. So I just got the purple version of this guitar, due in part to this vid and some other rather cosmically inspired sentimental stuff. Don’t want to be too long winded and take up too much of your time, but I would greatly value your opinion/advice/feedback regarding my upgrade process. Graphtech nut is already installed as well as some lovely Hipshot half open gear tuners in gold. Bournes volume pot with Buhr Electronics treble bleed in a now fully copper shielded cavity(no noise issues, just looks killer! Haha) Pretty decent pickup but replaced with Dimarzio Mo’Joe in purple direct mount. Also installed brass bridge saddles. I am curious what your recommendations would be for replacing the bridge plate and trem block. Incidentally, my new saddles are 10.8mm and the spacing is perfect. I’m a Schaller Floyd lover, but though I work in a wood shop and actually build instruments there, ain’t gonna route this puppy(affectionately names “Noodles”, a nod to sir Edward’s references to noodling). Should like a 6 hole drop in with specifically a block perhaps a tad bigger than a vanilla wafer!! When the whole thing is done I shall make a video and also explain why this project is so close to my heart. Okay, now I will go to your video on the tube, yer playing the Eart, and I have an answer about Eddie and Tony Levin. Great flute sound BTW. Rock on.
Try a VegaTrem! Superb!!
Hello there. I was amazed by the tone, but I understand a lot of it comes from the fingers and gear too....how would you compare this budget Kramer to let's say Harley Benton in the similar price range?
I just ordered your headless harley benton
FYI - Anyone seeing this April 2023 or later, I bought the white with matching white head stock and maple neck Beretta Special (KPBSWHCT1) and the latest updated version has changed A LOT!
1 - They are now made in China, not Indonesia (i have no beef with that, just FYI)
2 - It weighs a full 1.2 LBs heavier (could be just luck of the draw, but it felt a lot heavier in the hand and resting on my leg, but on my scale 7.0 to 8.2 LBs
3 - Volume pot has changed, it's dime sized and did not have the resistor Steve shows removing in this video, also much firmer turn
4 - Neck finish is nowhere near as smooth as my Indonesian made model which is def. satin style. It was also slightly thicker (I forgot to measure that w/ the caliper, just going on feel)
5 - They increased the price from $179 to $229
6 - Kramer's website says 9-42's but it came with 10-46's (checked with a digital caliper)
Small but for me, important differences... always luck of the draw with budget guitars for sure, but I personally feel they went backwards on these changes. Returned and bought the vintage white with granadillo finger board (KPBSVWCT1) version... NOW I am really happy and get why all the buzz around this model has lasted for several years. Maybe I just got a lemon but I wanted to mention it here as I found this guitar and found Steve's tips in this video really helpful, so hopefully this helps someone else.
I have the baretta vintage tuned to eb with floyrose 1000!!
Kramer will never die.!
Great info !, good vide
Fucking, I'll go buy a Baretta, I've been looking at it for a long time, its cheapness confuses me, but it excites me.
The volume pot resistor! Dammit, why didn’t I think of that? Time to put the original pickup back in…. Thanks for these killer tips Steve! I’m also liking the cheap guitar focus. Maybe time to add some new Squier videos into the mix?
My inner rat tailed 80's kid was like: "Freakin' play In the Still of the Night!" Haha!
I prefer the hard tail...but I love my pink beauty...I'm like 2 decades in and this guitar shreds like a beast
Try 10-46 gauge strings with the 3 stock springs and have the tension balanced and you'll be fine.
I HAVE to order this Guitar! I feel
Like Kramer is flipping off all the other companies for their stupid prices
I want to remove the center spring from mine but the claw is all the way flush with the body. Any suggestions?
Throw the back plate in the junk drawer. It's like a chainguard or reflectors on a kids bike. They get removed immediately. All Floyd guitars are to have visible springs.
Steve - assuming that my Fluke multimeter will work in the " AC voltage " setting ...where do I connect on my Baretta to check pickup voltage like you did ? I'm new to serious guitar study and need every advantage I can get
Also , what should each string be reading - voltage AC ?
Thanks in advance - JKM
I wanna yell at my computer capacitor! ca! pa! ci! tor! ...sorry I used to be a guitar repairman, customers drove me crazy🤪now I just build custom guitars for myself.....🌈 much happier now 😇
This is Awsom Huge help I mean Man you did a Excellent Coverage of That Awsom Champ / I am about to buy a Kramer just like that / Great timing
It's actually a polyester capacitor you removed from the potentiometer sold-ering (not soddering) points, not a resistor.
Capacitors and Resistors have totally different functions.
GREAT VIDEO by the way as just bought a Baretta Special myself.
Thanks I was confused!!!