Vintage Kramer Guitar Identification / Necks

 
Necks
Photos Slang name Year Neck specifications Origin

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"S" Style 1981-1982 Body adjust / Large dots. ESP / Japan

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Beak 1982-1984 Body adjust / Large dots. ESP / Japan

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Beak 1983-1984 Body adjust / Large dots. .

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Beak 1983-1984 Body adjust / Large dots / 1 3/4. Sports Mfg. / US
wpe5D.jpg (1599 bytes) Banana 1984 Headtock adjust / Dots / Luthier joint Sports Mfg. / US
wpe59.jpg (1630 bytes) Banana Flathead 1984 Body adjustment / Dots. ESP / Japan
wpe5C.jpg (1608 bytes) Banana . Headstock adjust / Dots / Luthier joint. Sports Mfg. / US
wpe5B.jpg (1829 bytes) Banana . Headstock adjust / Small dots / Luthier joint. LaSiDo / Canada
wpe5D.jpg (1608 bytes) Banana . Headstock adjust / Small dots / High luthier joint. LaSiDo / Canada
. Banana . Headstock adjust / Paralell headstock splice / Dots. LaSiDo / Canada
wpe5E.jpg (2139 bytes) Banana . Headstock adjust / 90 headstock splice / Dots. ESP / Japan
. Banana . Headstock adjust / 3 piece neck. ESP / Japan
wpe5B.jpg (1584 bytes) Pointy . Headstock adjust / 90 headstock splice / dots. ESP / Japan
. Pointy Reverse . Headstock adjust / Paralell headstock splice. ESP / Japan
. Pointy . Headstock adjust / 3 piece neck. ESP / Japan
. Pointy Reverse . Headstock adjust / 3 piece neck. ESP / Japan
. NightSwan . Headstock adjust / 3 piece neck. ESP / Japan
. Pointy Reverse (ProAxe) . . ESP / Japan
. Classic . Body adjust / Second issue of "Beak" headstock. ESP / Japan
. . . . .

Set neck models

Photos Slang name Year Neck specifications Origin
. Paul Dean . . Larrivee / Canada
. Paul Dean . . ESP / Japan
. Liberty 86 . . ESP / Japan
. Stagemaster . . / Czechoslovakia
. Stagemaster . . ESP / Japan
. Spector . Headstock adjust Kramer / USA
Headstocks
Photos Headstock Year Neck

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"S" Style 1981-1982 With and without string trees. Rockinger locking nut option,

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Beak . Circumcised "Fender" -Thanks Steve Z! With and without string trees. Rockinger and Floyd Rose locking nut option,

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Beak . 1 3/4 nut.

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Beak . 1 3/4 nut.

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Banana Flathead 1983-1984 One piece

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Banana Skinny 1984 Logos tend to fade on these. Typically no string retainer.

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Banana Short . .
. Banana . .
. Banana Reverse . .
. Pointy . .
. Pointy . .

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Pointy . Some with headtock binding.
. Pointy Reverse . .
. EE . .

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NightSwan 1987 "A" nut width.
. Spector 1986 .

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Ripley 1986 Though it's a bass, it's an honerable mention. (...and unusual!)
 
Logos
Photos Logo Years Material
wpe63.jpg (2403 bytes) Tunning Fork . Decal / Logo with "Series" underneath.
wpe5E.jpg (2656 bytes) Tunning Fork . Decal / Logo with "Series" and "Patent Pending" underneath.
wpe64.jpg (2293 bytes) Tunning Fork . Decal / Logo only.
. Block . Sticker /
. Block 3D . Silk screened / These are bad about fading.
wpe62.jpg (1955 bytes) Block 3D . Decal / Logo only.
wpe61.jpg (2222 bytes) Block 3D . Decal / Logo with "American".
wpe60.jpg (2187 bytes) Block Pyramid . Decal / Logo with "American".
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