Kramer SM-1 Review, Demo, and Unboxing
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2021
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I enjoy your playing. You add a light humorous kick that makes you stand out from others. Great job.
Hey, thank you Wayne!
Great demo & review, thanks!!
Thanks DMS! 👍
You convinced me to buy it. Thank you
great video, love your style - thanks
Hey, thanks Dominic!
_I’ve been checking out so many demos of this guitar, but this is definitely one of my favorites. 🎥🎶🎵🎸 I’m looking forward to when I can get this guitar._
Thanks John 🙂👍
@@HankCoffey You’re welcome. I saw in the specs it has a mahogany neck, but does it move much? Meaning do you have to adjust the neck often?
@@johnsguitarmusicanddemos I ended up returning the guitar. So I didn't keep it long enough to answer your question. I was uncomfortable with the pickup selector angle and location. Seems like a silly reason, but there are too many guitars in the world to be uncomfortable at all. If it had a normal angled switch, it would have been a keeper for me.
@@HankCoffey No silly reason. I had a Charvel DK24 but I couldn’t vibe with the angled input jack. I also sold it.
I like the Transparent finishes on the figured maple tops.
Saw this video, kept thinking about how nice it was and picked one up at Chicago Music Exchange. Sweetwater didn't have Maximum Steel in stock, but took a chance there. Great guitar! Thanks for this video!
Hi Matt, no problem. I'm glad you like your guitar!
Hahahaha just found this channel! You are an absolute hoot to watch!!!!!
lol, thank you Jon.
There’s a black one at my Sam ash in ct and it’s so beautiful I love the gold Kramer logo on the headstock. And the headstock shape in general are about the same as my Jackson’s Will definitely save up to get this Played beautifully in the store
Cool Chris, good luck on getting one!
dude this guy is hilarious i love his energy rock on man
Thank you man!
I hope you still have this guitar brother looks like you were having way to much fun with it 👍 rock on brother
Trying to find one...got to have
I love the way this guitar looks, especially the blue one. The main reason I don't have one is because I have a kramer 1984 from 2012, which I don't know if it has the same specs than the current 1984, but in their website it says the SM and the 84 share the same neck profile. I can't stand the profile on my guitar, if that's their "slim taper" god only knows what they would call thick. Great review as always man.
Thanks Felix!
You literally sold me an SM-1. Not too long after I saw this I bought an Orange Crush.
Nice, I hope you got a good one.
That guitar is absolutely beautiful, and unbelievably light, I haven't been interested in Kramer before, this has me thinking otherwise. So you sold all your other Kramers, even the one you liked the best?
Thanks MacCauley, yes, sadly I sold them all. Other than the white one, they were bought used and were lemons. Heavy, bad frets. The new white one was extremely heavy or I would have kept it. To fret them all would have been expensive. And I don't like heavy guitars. So it wasn't worth keeping them. I wanted the money for other gear. This one is awesome, I'll never sell it.
@@HankCoffey You hear Dave Mustaine jumped to Kramer? If his new V is anything like this but a V I might try one. I like that it has a Jacksonesque headstock.
@@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip me too, I missed the look of my old ones. That's one reason I bought this one.
this guitar seems very interesting to buy, it got something that attracts me
To be really honest my son want this guitar so bad 😂
Almost as light as my Vigier Hank!
Very informative and fun video
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Can we all see your stitches/scar 😱
I posted a pic on Facebook after my surgery. I made it private after a few days though. I don't want to show it on a UA-cam video. I can in a live stream. 🙂🙃🙂
@@HankCoffey Happy Friday Hank!
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@@The1stMrJohn Hey JaanJaan! Thank you, I am doing great. I am justa mixing. I hope you are doing well! 😎🍩🐻🎸💋
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I have thought about making a video about my World War 2 scars!!! No, I'm not that old, on a visit to the Channel Island when I was a kid I discovered some tank mines from the German occupation that had been uncovered by unusual tidal movements.... something like that? They were in the mouth of a bay and obscured by a few inches of water,....I stepped on one of the rusty bits of metal and fell forward taking a chunk out of my shin which needed lots of stitches😵
I wasn't the only one that got hurt and they found that there was four of them encased in concrete across the mouth of this little bay on the island called Guernsey. The concrete footings were very large and deep with those metal triggers sticking out of them to stop tanks, or in this case landing crafts I guess. The authorities decided that they needed to be removed and decided to use small explosive charges as the bay is very difficult to get to with specialist digging gear. They set up charges on one and detonated it and it was still live/active which exploded and it set off two of the remaining 3 as they were also still active!
I was mentioned on the local island news and was in the local paper too.
((As we were extensively bombed during the war I remember in my childhood bombs always being found when developments were ongoing, even one of my grandparents in Portsmouth had a bomb unearthed years later in their back garden (yard) when I was a kid.
i still remember there being a lot of bomb-sites on the outskirts of Portsmouth that took a long time to redevelop,... because of lack of money still several decades after the war. Portsmouth was, and still is, a big Navy base and was obviously heavily targeted.
As a nation we only recently finished paying off the money we had to borrow to help rebuild our country... i Just looked it up, last installment of loan was paid in December 2006.))
Blah blah blah....Anyway, I have a rather prominent scar on my right shin which is also a big dent which I call my War Wound😁
@@The1stMrJohn Wow, that's crazy JohnJohn. It's a good thing you didn't blow up from hitting the mine. 😮
Awesome I just bought a Kramer assult I had the same issue with the action I also had to adjust the truss rod it had too much relief I like a flatter neck its funny it came with a paper that was initialed with like 10 things on it they check I'm thinking they just marked thier initial and didnt really check what they were supposed but when I got done with it plays great for floyd works great as well I love it ,I'm not sure what the pickups are but they seem to alot midrange in them ,anyway your guitar sounds awesome and you're a pretty dam good player as well ,like video keep them coming ,peace
Hey, thanks Allen. My videos jump around a bit. But when I can afford it I get new guitars to unbox. I stay with guitar videos when I can. 👍
Nice...Had a couple back in the 80s looks like quality is mucho better!
Quality is pretty good. I've never had a 80s model.
Orange one on the way got it as an in box return, hopefully only needs a setup . if not back it goes. saved quite a bit over new.
Cool Dave 🤘
I was waiting for the bridge and neck configuration and the all pick up sounds... This is what the push pull on the volume is for. To activate the humbucker regardless of the switch configuration. You can also spit the humbucker and single coil it and use the push pull for all possible pick up confuguration..
This guitar doesn't have a push/pull volume pot.
You probably realize by now but those shark tooth inlay thingys are Kramer Headstocks.
Yeah, I realized right after the video was uploaded. lol
Beautiful guitar i.am big fan
Thanks David!
IT DO sound like ol YingYang Hamstring when you flip tap that dridge coiltap switch!
Yngsteen Iggyteen
I have a Nightswan and a couple of Barettas. Considering this one in purple...
Do you still have yours, and if so, how's it holding up?
Cool, I actually returned this one as much as I loved the weight of it. I hated how the pickup selector was angled. If it would have had a normal placement, I would have kept it. I prefer stainless steel frets as well. The guitar was pretty nice.... I don't know about $1000 nice though.
would want one right now tbh
Me too!
Awesome playing bro!!
Hey, thank you man.
how did you do that bass and drum stuff is that a pedal that matches to what you play.?
No, I played to a click track. And I played the drums and bass after the recording.
I just picked up the orange model today. Loving it so far.
Yeah, It's became my favorite guitar. I love it.
I picked up a blue one at my local store and the weight felt like it was plus 10lbs. I was super disappointed because it would have bought it on the spot. What was your drum source for this vid?
I would keep an eye on Sweetwater's website. They weigh the guitars. And get lighter ones. Drums are Logic Pro.
Play it using some jazz tones. How versatile is it, really? Play it through a clean Fender.
Which size of locking nut have you installed in your kramer? As I'm a kramer vanguard player too and I'm confused regarding the locking nut model size
I am not sure, You can Google Kramer SM-1 specs, and you might find the nut measurements somewhere.
Okay.
Sweet axe! I love the color and how much it weighs, I'm actually looking for a headless right to help my back and neck
Thanks man, yeah heavy guitars just don't feel good playing them. Bad back or not. Good luck finding you a guitar man. 👍
Cool I was gonna ask the color
Hey man.
I am a little older now - lol -
I have a 1989 Kramer ST 100 with the single Seymore Dual Humbucker.
My neck two months ago broke right above the E = FIRST Tunning thinger....
any way - I have been very interested in this SM-1 .
Kramer now Made in the Gibson Guitar plant looks the same as it was never Not Kramer.
My question is this .
Can I believe that it is still the quality of a METAL guitar that is the BRAND KRAMER?
Thank you for the awesome way you play ,, ...
Thank you ,
Thanandros!
Hey man! Yes the quality was good with this guitar. I did return it though. Like old Stagemasters, the pickup selector is at an off angle and I didn't like that. I am real picky. Other than that, I would have kept the guitar.
i dont mind so much that it doesnt come setup very well right out the box cuz i feel like if they are going to cut corners to save money thats the place to do it. and either way with a guitar at this price range i dont think a newer player is going to buy this guitar very often anyways. most poeple that buy this guitar are going to be more experienced and would probably want to tweak the set up anyways
Man my first guitar was a kramer in like 87 88ish paid 150 at a pawn shop. So i have a hard time knowing if i really want one of those or not. Where did you buy it?
Sweetwater, this model is like the 80s Stagemasters.
I have the opportunity to buy one (Kramer SM-1 Vintage White Korean) or one (Kramer Sm-1 blue sky Indonesia) I have to choose one of the two, help.
Gotta pick the one you like more.
Thus Friday has come around very quickly Hank!😵 I noticed that a Floridian team won the Superbowl!
Do you follow football or any other sports at all?
Tricia likes Rugby and Tennis and I like a bit of motor sports. Twenty five years ago one of my younger brothers was in the top 2 under 14s tennis players in the UK and was accepted to an American college....but got a nasty shoulder injury which finished that possible career permanently...he now lives in Australia and teaches mathematics! One of my other brothers was also in the top 2 in his class of motor racing....but when he got into his late twenties he was considered too old and struggled to retain his sponsorship!
I hope you're keeping well Hank
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Hey JaanJaan, it is Friday again! I left a comment on one of your latest videos. I don't follow sports much. I heard we won the Superbowl though. I'm doing well JaanJaan, I hope you are as well. I should have another video coming soon. Maybe over the weekend or Monday. 😀🍻🍩🐻🎵🎸🎹🍩🍩🍩
You're a funny dude, cool video
Thanks Ruben! 👍
Cant differentiate the coolrail position change sound at all. Might be just audio...nice ax though 🤘🐻🤘
Kick ass man.
Are you on IG?
@@robertclarkguitar yeah man @ hankcoffey
always wished to play guitar
It's never too late to learn. Start playing. 👍
Kramer states coil split is just the JB .
Very wet attack from the picking
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not bad
dang it looked Purple on that Farcebook page..
Yeah, my video has a slight purple tint to it.
@@HankCoffey Mardi Gras?
Why are the pounds different for the different colors
Different pieces of wood weigh different. It's the wood.
@@HankCoffey 😀 I restrained myself from making a rude childish joke about wood😱
Waaassssuuupppp😁
How's the mixing going?
Cheers Hank
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Hey JaanJaan! It's going ok. I have to deal with singer track redos because they don't sound good on half of the songs. lol. I am working now as well. Everything is good here, just been staying busy. I hope you are doing well man! 🐻🍩🍩🍩🐻🍩😎🎸🔊🎵
@@HankCoffey no change here really except Tricia has a couple of job interviews coming up soon which she's excited and anxious/terrified about. They're both at the university where she currently works. There's a lot of research and time needed for preparation.... especially for one of them which will have a significant panel of interviews as it's a professional post.
One pays a lot more money and is non-proffessional, and the other pays ok and would re-introduce her to a job in her professional field.
When she was made redundant five years ago the only reasonable job she could get was working in admin at Southampton university only a few miles away....but now a professional post has opened up at the university's library.
She has a first class honours degree from Manchester University in "Librarianship and Information Technology Services" and then a couple of years later also passed the exams to become chartered and is part of CILIP... Certified institute of Librarianship and Information Professionals ....or something like that. She gets a monthly magazine/journal which is impossible to understand....being a professional information/librarian specialist is far far far harder than it sounds. She's been published in that professional journal twice!
The job that she was made redundant from(because everything moved geographically, and she didn't want to move halfway across the country...plus the redundancy payout in cash was ok and cleared half of our mortgage) was working for our government's Home Office....she was a Librarian for The National Police College and Training library,...which is predominantly academic. It is a bit like a university with student accommodation and police from all over the country and all over the world would come to study many different things like law, criminal profiling, anti-terrorism protocol, forensics and lots of other stuff. When she left she had been promoted through the ranks to "The" Librarian (not just "a" librarian) and was in charge of the budget and staff and talked frequently to Interpol, our secret services and the FBI and CIA,.. arranging conferences, courses and the like. The academic and other databases that they used were enormous....one cost over $50,000 a year!!!
Anyway, it would be so great to see her use her professional skills again. That's one of the main reasons for taking the job at the university, as a "foot in the door" to a professional post. Unfortunately, since this particular government got elected in 2010 there's been tons of spending cuts in the "the public sector" which means less library's and less people to run them which is a massive shame..so it's taken a bit longer than usual for professional posts to open up. Most people don't realise that Google just can't replace her skills! .... trying to read the monthly journal testifys to that....I don't understand any of it and I'm academically leaning.
So, Fingers crossed 😁
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I've just been looking at the cost of this guitar, it's a significant amount more than those HB guitars that you were very lucky with Hank(unless you got a deal!?!)
Did you buy the guitar for its pick-ups or because it's a preferred neck and feel for you?
I know that it's weight would have been the final decider.
Only just being nosey Hank!👃
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I pretty much said in the video JJ. I sold all of my old Kramers. I missed having one to do videos with. I've thought about getting a SM-1 for years. I was looking at them on Sweetwater, and they had this 6lb'er. So it was time to buy. lol. I got a discount, I didn't pay the $1050 that they sell here for. That's why I gave them the shoutout. I love the guitar, I actually like it better than my HBs.
@@HankCoffey you do look very chuffed!
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@@The1stMrJohn yeah man, the guitar is awesome!
Kramer or let’s say Gibson is horrible at marketing Kramer products. This is a professional grade, versatile instrument at under $1K. I had the Orange colored Kramer Assault Plus with Seymour Duncan’s. Absolutely perfect. We have some same concerns, I love light weight guitars. Mine has series to parallel vs a coil split, the theory is you get single coil sound with no hum.
Them inlays keep me from even tryin one.
these SM1 Kramers are tremendous value for the money if your looking for a metal guitar...Verry well made in Korea and not in Indonisia...
Its easy to rewire the mini toggle switch to split the 2 Seymour duncan cool rails.
Yes the tuners is the only thing that needs to be changed....You can grab a daddario tuner locking set for 75$ and install them yourself..no biggy..
The ones I see online have a ''made in Indonesia'' sticker on them.
@@Tim8tei the new batch is indo yes..
any colabs anytime soon?
No, I'm not sure who to colab with. Maybe sometime.
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Thanks Barry!
How much???
Right now around $1050
If only it had that curve to put your arm on..
Super tiny body