Eye Of the Tiger!!! | Kramer Pacer Vintage in TIGER STRIPE Demo & Review
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Eye Of the Tiger!!! | Kramer Pacer Vintage in TIGER STRIPE Demo & Review
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What's going on friends?!? SeanPierceJohnson here and today we're taking a look at a guitar that is CLEARLY not my style...but is about as fun as any other guitar I've been playing recently: the Kramer Pacer Vintage in TIGER STRIPE!
Loaded with features and some familiar electronics, this guitar transcends its excessive cosmetics.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome Riffs
1:48 - Features & Spec Rundown
5:39 - Clean Tones (Series & Parallel PUPs)
7:39 - Dirty Tones (Series & Parallel PUPs)
10:41 - Treble Bleed Circuit (Bridge PUP)
11:36 - Treble Bleed Circuit (Neck PUP)
12:52 - Favorite Tone 1 "The Swimming Tiger"
13:20 - Favorite Tone 2 "Modern Beast"
14:30 - Final Thoughts & My Opinion
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Fun fact: George Lynch's original Tigerstripe guitar was made by himself, with parts he bought from the Charvel shop, when they were still selling replacement parts for Fenders.
When he later got the ESP endorsement, btw. ESP also started as a repair/peplacement parts company, he just slapped an ESP logo on it.
Sounds incredible!! Your playing was amazing as always
Riley IoAcura thanks buddy!
Great review Sean. This is my first experience with a treble bleed circuit. Really dope. Thank u for that.
thanks bud! not 100% if this treble bleed is reflective of the mod no matter the guitar, but it's a nifty feature to have
and thanx for the review. its great!
Awesome, hoping to get one when they get back in stock!
Your T- Shirt has the same pattern as the guitar , so I kind of did imagine you playing that guitar.
All guitar demos should be this damn good!
Thanks friend 🤘
Its just amazing the way it looks the way it sounds, awesome!
I just cant decide , THIS OR the kramer baretta snake sabo. Which one is best between those 2.
I also have a Charvel usa select san dimas the flame up top that they did only 100 of, how would those compare to that one.
Thanks keep rocking !!
I was really surprised at the usefulness of the different tones you got out of the guitar. Well done there, youngster.
Quentin James Thanks Pops! Yeah, it looks like a one-trick pony but does quite well for itself
I bought a Pacer Imperial new in 1986 and toured the US with it for over a year and held on to it until 2012 when I sold it to a vintage Kramer collector. The original’s were amazing guitars!
truly! they were something special. these new ones aren't too shabby either.
Great review! Can't wait to get mine!
Thanks John!
Boss SD1 and a DM2 and your in 80’s shredder heaven!
indeed you would be!
Shoutout to all other guitar reviewers: THIS is how one should do it!
THIS IS HOW WE DO IIIIITTT....
All joking aside, totally humbled and flattered you enjoyed the video!
@@SeanPierceJohnson a lot. It was structured well, with a short introduction about the guitar, then down to the sound!
After watching the whole video I have one more question, did come with the nines on it because just as the website you had the radius different as what everybody is saying it also said it came with tens on it which I do not want and do not want to have to go through all the adjustments on the floyd to put nines on it.
I have red sparkle one and I love it . Bites and sustains like crazy . Tremble bleed doesn’t seem a deal breaker
I do love that Red Sparkle. Would be nice to see a couple more finishes though.
dude I'm about to buy one in about a month thanks for the review
Did u get one? I'm going between this one and an ESP GL 200MT
Great episode.. and cool guitar man! I'd love to have one... just to have one! 😎🎸🤘🐦
Haha! Totally understand why. Although it’s not my preferred aesthetic, it’s a looker for sure and a solid shredder that works for when you need it.
I used to have one of these and sold it ,and have constantly missed it,gotta have another
I only borrowed this one...I miss it
I came for the guitar stayed for the young bucks shirt😆
I have the Yellow sparkle Limited edition and i love it..Lots of guitar for the money..It comes with a Molded Kramer case which i find is a nice touch from Kramer..
I took out the trebel bleed myself cause it didnt sound good with it...
Great video Sean..Keep up the good work..
Hey Rabih! Long time.
Yes I've seen the yellow sparkle...a fabulous guitar! I too would probably forgo the treble bleed.
Hope all is well.
"What makes a man is it the woman in his arms..." Best demo ever! :D
haha! thanks man
That guitar looks slick
oh...it IS slick!
Greaf demo. I am debating buying this one or the snake sabo baretta. I thought I wouldn't love kramers because all the nonsense about a spec list of what a shred guitar should be like, but I have not put my kramer baretta down since I got it last year. It feels like home. The body is comfy, It is extremely versatile and plays like a dream. The fact that it looks cool as heck is always a plus. I am a big Dokken and George Lynch fan so this tiger stripe pacer is defo tempting.
Thanks for watching!
Yeah, these guitars are super comfy. I suppose you’d have to consider whether or not you want the neck pickup.
I played the Sabo prototype last year and was quite impressed.
fantastic review really enjoyed that. I've got mine ordered and will be here tomorrow, it's the last one showing on Andertons website, I have to say the first thing I do with any guitar I've owned in the past with JB's is swap them out as they just appear too harsh, thin and shrill to my ears. Thanks again.
Glad you dug the video and spot on choice buying from Andertons. Lee is crew should treat you well. 👍
I’ve not had that problem with JBs. But hey we’re all different players with different ears and preferences. Still a great guitar!
Yeah really pleased to actually get one on order, I've got the Baretta 1984 and find it to be a quality instrument that's so easy to play but with only a bridge pickup is a bit limited. I'm hoping to get some nice blues tones from the Pacer, but I also will cut the tremble bleeds as I'm sure the SD set won't need them. Thanks again for the vid 👍 NEW GUITAR 🎸 DAY TODAY !! 😁 🤘🤘.
You fell in love with that kitty !
Yeah I kinda did. Really hated sending it back
Is there a way I can uninstall the treble bleeds? I never roll the volume down because it makes it sound too bright and non dynamic. I unscrewed the back plate off mine but couldn’t locate them.
I sadly don’t have the guitar anymore, only as borrowing it. But usually the treble bleed is just a capacitor of some kind wired to the volume pot and should be easily removable with a good soldering iron.
Hello, I got a Kramer Pacer Vintage pearl white from Guitar Center. It is used but it was in excellent condition (on website). Mine does not have push pull knobs? I tried to pull and it seems it does not have that feature. I am a new player. Is mu guitar fake? How can I know? Also Floyd Rose seems only one way ( I am not sure if it’s the correct terminology). I can only push tremolo bar but nothing happens when I pull it.
Hey buddy! Let me see if I can help you out:
- so there’s a chance that since you bought a used model that the previous owner could have removed the push/pull pots and replaced them with normal ones. Just remember that used gear may cosmetically look good but is not always going to be stock. Doesn’t mean your guitar is fake. If you want to go the extra mile and verify, you can always contact Kramer and ask them to verify the serial number.
- one the particular model, and many others (including other Kramers, EVH) the Floyd Rose is only a dive and is blocked from pull strings sharp when you pull up. This is a pretty old school Floyd set up.
You’ve got a great guitar on your hands and you should enjoy it! Have fun and let me know how it turns out
@@SeanPierceJohnson Hello, thank you for the reply. I have just seen your reply. I returned the guitar today and I am gonna get a brand new one. Bad thing is I will have to wait for about a month because it’s backordered. This time I am getting it from Sweetwater. I learnt that they do the set up. Thanks a lot for the detailed reply.
no problem. Sweetwater will do you right!
Cool guitar!!
Brian Landreth a very cool guitar indeed! Hoping to see a Nightswan in my hands sooner or later
That headstock shape is Soo Nice and smooth I wanna make the same ship template for a blank unfinished headstock but its hard >~
it's a good spin on the classic Strat shape for sure
@@SeanPierceJohnson yeah that’s why im going for it
I don't like ESP guitars (hot take alert!), and I enjoy how this guitar unlike Lynch's ESP variant has tone knobs.
as do i
How much would a piece like that set you back?
I believe these retail for $747-799
Does the Floyd go only down or does it also pull up?
good question: it does raise pitch roughly a half step but it doesn't have a recessed cavity for extreme pitch raising. it mostly goes down.
@@SeanPierceJohnson Does that make it easier to setup?
@@dado9696 Theoretically, yes. By not having the bridge floating you eliminate the possibility of the tension being out of balance. It takes away some margin for error.
It’s also just a preference thing. EVH only did down pitch.
@@SeanPierceJohnson oh ok then, thanks for the info
I’m a man! MAN!! 🫡 🎸
That other guitar player you mentioned or rather did not want to mention has played everything from Kramer ,aria pro,to charvel to ESP, now he makes his own guitars. It's pretty SCARRY LOL the amount of gear this guy has used.
One thing about disclaimer I would like to verify I've posted this on two other sites so you're the third reviewer that it said it has a 14 radius fingerboard the specs on the sites that I looked and buying this from said it was a 12 radius, and the only reason I remember that for a fact is if you take a fluid and there's no shims in it you end up with a 12 radius whereas it's a 10 with the shims in it and I just thought it would line up perfectly so I'm just curious like I said obvious three people now I just want to make sure. I'll also most likely contact the companies just to verify that. By the way I don't know what you were playing through but it sounded great so many guys that I've seen reviews on this guitar for had the gain turned up on 200 and it sounded horrible it definitely wasn't an '80s too and that's for sure.
So I picked one of these up, this is sort of a rant because I expected a little bit more for the price this was which was not a bad price and overall this could be a great guitar but when I received it the setup was so bad that it was unplayable it buzzed everywhere.
The electronics in it where the word I can only come up with now is disgusting it hummed and it popped and it cracked if I touched the rear control cavity without even opening it up it would sort out upon opening up I can see all this cheap wiring and connections that were just ready to fall apart as a matter of fact, one of the grounds did just fall off for me just moving the wires around so I had to rewire the whole freaking thing myself.
Next my complaints are due mainly due to the fact that I'm not used to playing one of these guitars it's definitely made for shredding and not for playing complicated jazz chords etc even though it does have a clean neck pickup which I don't like the sound of that and I don't like the sound of the JB it's too bright with all the maple.
But this neck has taller frets and it's not as wide as the guitars I'm used to playing with are Jackson's so, I'm having a bit of a learning curve playing is having to learn how to rephrase it and have a lighter touch the nines that came on it and they were nines they definitely weren't tens but they were a lot thinner than the nines that I usually use and have been using for the last 25 years with are Da Dario XL 120s. I've had to make three truss rod adjustments and fully action it was almost a week now just to get this guitar set up to where I can play it. The push-pull pots and the parallel wiring are a nice feature but I didn't find that the parallel wiring did much but lower the volume so I rewired the neck pickup then the problem became that it was way too bright.
As I said a lot of this has to do with the fact that I'm not used to playing a 21 fret guitar with this scale and taller frets The Jacksons have much wider flatter frets on them that's not a complaint it's just that that's what I'm used to so I'm going to have to get used to this but there are a lot of great things about this guitar the paint on it is flawless it just has the awesome wow feature to it when you look at it and the neck is comfortable play other than a taller frets and me having to reposition my hand at the refret and relearn and not strong so hard I'm very heavy-handed I don't know if putting tens on this would help it or if it would be too much for me but I'm not really wanting to change it to tens and then having to readjust everything and screw with intonation and I've only had this guitar for a week. I'm currently trying to talk with demarzio to see what type of pickup would you go best in this body, they don't even listen to me for as a body would with her pickup selector so I really need something that's going to give me the crunch and the soaring leads that I need but also tame the highs especially for the cleaning stuff. Another thing and I'm not sure and my ears aren't the greatest anymore but I'm not sure if I'm misinterpreting the fret buzz for extra high end. I would have never bought this guitar out of the store like that I would have had it fixed first or bought another the place I bought it from has a terrible return policy they want me to send this one back and be without a guitar for 2 or 3 days which is just ridiculous since it had so many problems on the first day including the electronics shorting out and cracking and popping which they heard over the phone about the buzzing they told me that I should have to have a setup anyway but I shouldn't have to have a setup on day one of a new guitar I just think that's a bit ridiculous.
I also want to point out that this is the first guitar I've had since I was about 15 that has a top amount of fluid on it so I'm used to whacking on that bar and getting the flutter out of it doing the Brad gillis technique you cannot do that with this guitar it bangs and slams into the body also the Floyd 1000 is supposed to be the equivalent of an original floor just made somewhere else however I can see that it's copper or the zinc Floyd I wanted to change it with a new fluid bar which is has no play to it but because of the nut on the bottom side of that base plate it won't clear the body the route is too close.
Personally I'd end up replacing the electronics and upgrading the hardware:
Duncan's Triple Shot pickup rings, replace one of the volumes with a non-latching kill switch, and a push/pull tone pot bypass.
Locking tuners, tone vise locking nut, string saver saddles, hollow point intonation system, noiseless springs, brass claw, and a stonetone block.
hot damn! that's quite a mod list. but seeing as this guitar is around $800 it's not going to be a HUGE investment to get it how you want it
@@SeanPierceJohnson what can I say? I like my guitars like I like my knives, Swiss Army 😂
Damm good playing
what sustain block it has?
It’s a stock Floyd 1000 so whatever it comes with is what it has
@@SeanPierceJohnson usually they put 32 lightweight floyd chrome block in floyd 1000 stock floyd. i usually put brass sustain 36 or 42
Kramer always does series/ parallel, I don’t know why that isn’t standard on every Humbucker guitar
personally, it's not a feature that i want on all my guitars. it's cool, but i've never felt i was lacking it
@@SeanPierceJohnson I suppose it depends on which genres you play
@@bluwng yes it does. Personally if I want a “twangier” tone I’ll just default to single coils and put up with the hum
Totally 80s rock
so 80's it hurts. just can't find my can of aquanet or Farrah Fawcett...
Hows the neck? Is this one fat?
Its on the fat side yes...Heel is a traditional thick one as well...A real superstrat..
It's not thin, like an Ibanez, but not fat, like an LP. Straddles the midground. It's meant to feel like a proper 80s super strat
You look like you would be playing maybe a esp or ibanez 😁
Dude...for real.
@@SeanPierceJohnson Lol sorry just my guess
@@emanhacker oh dude no offense taken. This guitar is TOTALLY not me. But it is a great guitar.
Made in ?
Probably China? I dunno…it was a loaner.
@@SeanPierceJohnson its indonesian
If only it was left handed. Cant find a tiger striped kramer which is left handed for the life of me
Yeah I don’t know if they make them in Lefty. Maybe email Kramer and ask?
Where is this made? If it’s not china I’m game! China makes crap! You play amazing also!
Thanks! Well, I believe these are made in China. However, I can attest that this guitar IS GOOD. Probably even GREAT considering it’s price and the specs you get. No $800 guitar at I’ve played has come close.
It's made in Indonesia.