Lastly, you have a master volume knob for control. That’s it, so the Kramer Baretta Special doesn’t boast versatility. It is what it is. If you are interested in receiving this coverage for longer than one year, you have the option of purchasing additional years of the Performance Warranty. The pricing is as follows: Kramer Guitars is the lesser-known Gibson subsidiary. They create electric guitar and basses, and although their name doesn’t harness the greatest popularity, the Kramer Baretta Special has a well-deserved cult following.

The simple style of the guitar correlates to the sound, but that’s not to say it’s not good. It’s simply raw, straightforward, exactly what you’d expect out of an EVH-inspired guitar. If you let down the snobery, its a great guitar. Not a great guitar for this price, a great guitar whatever the price. String height and intonation out of the box, in retrospect, were not great, but the action was pretty solid. The quality of the bridge is sub par. one of the length screws has filled threads on the upper 1/8th on an inch of the screw, so I'm not super sure how the convinced the screw into the saddle in the first place, but the saddles threads are now nearly stripped because of this. The chrome comes off the bridge very easily and there is something copper coloured underneath, probably copper or some alloy thereof, probably not red gold unfortunately. It is most obvious under the string height screws. This could be a function of me setting string height while tuned, but it is a little disappointing. It seems like the chrome should stand up to that. USED products: 4% of the current new selling price to increase the warranty from 3 months to 1 year. 4% for each additional year.With the Kramer Baretta Special, that's exactly what you get: a guitar that's incredibly comfortable to play, whether you're seated or standing. I will try this again. I was wondering how it could stay in tune with the angle of the strings beyond the nut being what it is. Did you do any work to the nut, and did it help? When it comes to choosing your first electric guitar, you want to aim for something that is relatively easy to play, sounds great, and will help you really develop your playing technique - which is exactly what we have here. Make Your First Guitar A Good One! That said, it’s still capable of pulling nice clean tones, with natural warmth and resonance thanks to the mahogany. Through a good tubular amplifier, for example, you can crank up the clean channel and see the guitar shine as it gains power. It certainly is – and even comes in a finish called Maximum Steel. The tremolo is recessed which means you can pull more in pitch – you can get close by tilting the bridge on a non-recessed guitar, but having less physical space to play with will always result in less range. And while we’re on the subject of range, you might have noticed 24 frets instead of 22.

This Kramer guitar has a vintage-style tremolo bridge plus a whammy bar, which is similar to what Eddie Van Halen used to have. Some would say a whammy is essential for ‘80s metal playing.For tonewoods, it has mahogany on the body, which is a great tonewood for the price range. Mahogany is light, durable, and gorgeous-looking. At the same time, it offers a rich sound and fair projection. After a few month of owning this, and you know, learning about the instrument I own, I have come to realize that a binding nut was the issue. I took a pencil and applied graphite to each nut slot and I no longer have massive tuning issues. Improving the hardware is up to you, though. You could take its awesome metal sound to the stage with better hardware, thus saving you the money a mid-level or professional guitar would cost. The trem is uselles.Meaning with a set up it holds tune BUT no matter how it is set up its stiff as a fart that wont come out As any seasoned Pro will tell you: the easier a guitar is to play, the more you'll want to play it, especially when you're in the early days of your guitar-playing journey.