![]() The fancier bass, dubbed the 450B, had two pickups, a scale of 333/4″ and Schaller M-4 tuners. Kramer’s initial line consisted of two guitars and two basses. Kramer fretboards were made of Ebonol, a substance similar to that of a bowling ball, and its headstock design – in the shape of a tuning fork – also set it apart. ![]() And while Kramer Guitars followed in the footsteps of builder Travis Bean, who used machined aluminum to make guitar necks starting in ’74, Kramer’s bolt-on necks felt more like a traditional instrument consisting of an aluminum bar with wood inserts on each side, Kramer’s approach reduced the much-maligned weight of Bean’s neck-through instruments and provided a more-natural (wood) feel. In terms of stability, the aluminum neck was seen as an improvement over wood. When it entered the music-instrument market in 1976, Kramer Guitars made a big splash with an aggressive marketing campaign, big-name endorsers, and – most importantly – an improved approach to the then-fresh concept of aluminum necks.
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