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Kramer The 84 Electric Guitar - Blue Metallic

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, 1 Humbucking Pickup, and Floyd Rose Tremolo - Blue Metallic
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A Tribute to Kramer’s Golden Age

Kramer’s The 84 pays homage to one of the most influential solidbody electric guitars of all time (hint: it was covered with red, black, and white stripes). This built-for-performance axe centers around a Pacer-esque alder body, along with a hard-rock maple neck and fast-playing 12"-radius fingerboard. Plug into your favorite high-gain stack, and you’ll experience classic hot-rodded humbucker tones, courtesy of a Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup. No self-respecting shred guitar would be complete without a double-locking tremolo, and The 84 includes the gold standard — a Floyd Rose. The 84 features an easy-access truss rod, rock-solid die-cast tuners, and an eye-grabbing matching banana-style headstock.

Stripped-down, high-performance shred machine

Loosely based on Kramer’s Pacer model, The 84 is a stripped-down, high-performance shred machine. Its lightweight alder body exhibits a classic, balanced-sounding tone that’s ready to roar. Its hard-rock maple neck features an easy-playing K-Speed SlimTaper “C” profile, while its lightning-fast 12"-radius fingerboard features a 25.5” scale and 22 medium-jumbo frets. The 84 sports an easy-access truss rod for quick neck adjustments and a matching banana-style headstock with a historic Kramer logo.

Seymour Duncan JB humbucker — built to rock hard

Kramer’s The 84 was built for hard rock. And it rocks hard, thanks to its zebra-colored Seymour Duncan JB humbucker. This pickup is one of the most popular in the world, serving up the classic sound of a hot-rodded humbucker. You know, that sound — the one we've all loved for the last 30 years. This scorcher boasts plenty of output without sacrificing tone, and it adds harmonics, sustain, and the perfect amount of distortion to your playing. The 84 includes a single knurled volume knob with a push/pull for a series parallel tap.

Floyd Rose tremolo for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing

Do you dive-bomb? Shriek? Squeal? Flutter? Of course you do! Otherwise, you wouldn’t be on Sweetwater.com looking at shred machines like The 84. Similar to other high-performance solidbody electric guitars, The 84 comes equipped with a rock-solid Floyd Rose double-locking trem. It can be used for subtle vibrato or full-blown dive bombs — the choice is yours. Either way, you’ll experience the same response and tuning stability that you'd expect from a Floyd Rose. Whether you use it or abuse it, you'll have trouble knocking The 84 out of tune.

Kramer The 84 Features:

  • An homage to one of the most influential electric guitars of all time
  • Lightweight alder body exhibits a classic, balanced-sounding tone that’s ready to roar
  • Hard-rock maple neck features an easy-playing K-Speed SlimTaper “C” profile
  • Lightning-fast 12"-radius fingerboard features a 25.5" scale and 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Zebra-colored Seymour Duncan JB humbucker boasts plenty of output without sacrificing tone
  • Single knurled volume knob with a push/pull for a series parallel tap
  • Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking trem for dive-bombing, shrieking, squealing, and fluttering
  • Easy-access truss rod for quick neck adjustments
  • Rock-solid mini die-cast machine heads with a 14:1 turning ratio
  • Eye-grabbing matching banana-style headstock with a historic Kramer logo

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape The 84
  • Body Material Alder
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Blue Metallic
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Hard Rock Maple with Walnut stripe
  • Neck Shape Speed SlimTaper C
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"
  • Fingerboard Material Hard Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Medium Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.625"
  • Nut Material Floyd Rose R2 Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose Double-locking Vibrato
  • Tuners Kramer, 14:1 ratio
  • Electronics
  • Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan JB Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume (push/pull for series/parallel)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: K84ABMCF1

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4.5 out of 5

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Looks great, plays great!

I love my new Kramer! I love the narrow neck, it's great for female hands. I wish I could get the action just a bit lower, but that's life. The delivery was great, even with a couple of holes in the outer box. I had to do some adjustments to it and added the EVH D tuna to it. It stays in tune pretty well when dive bombing the trem. Kyle Malone was great helping me decide between the Baretta and the 84. I'm glad I went with the 84! Thanks Sweetwater for another great experience!
by Dot Kennedy from Columbia, SC on
Music background: I've been playing guitar for 52 years and have been in many bands

Great Guitar For 80's Flashbacks. Shipping Issues Handled Spectacularly By Sweetwater

I bought this to remember a single pickup/volume MIJ Charvel I had in the 80's in almost the same color, and coincidentally added a Seymour Duncan JB in zebra. I also have an EVH 5150 (which the original 5150 was supposed to have come from the original Kramer 1984) to compare to, along with some Kramer errata.

First, this is about the 3rd or 4th iteration of the 84/1984. The original was in the 80's, then two re-issues as "Kramer 1984", then this "The 84". The differences between "Kramer 1984" and "The 84" appear to be the pickup: 1984 used an all black Gibson 84T, "The 84" used a SD JB in zebra. Not that much difference, they are both hot-wound (16-18K) 80's rock humbuckers. The other difference I could find is the nut. "The 84" is screwed into the neck, and as far as I can tell, "Kramer 1984" screwed the nut on thru the back of the neck. Minor differences. The body is the same, the neck is the same one-piece maple plus walnut skunk stripe. The volume is a 250K push-pull coil tap to try and get single coil sounds. I have like 4 guitars with taps, and none seem to get effectively close to a strat single coil sound, but everybody was rambling on about coil taps / splits in the 80's so it's still a thing. Maybe if you're taking things out of phase I could see more utility, but as it is, I think stuff like this is all about "could have" over "should have". I believe these are made in ESP factories in Indonesia. Finish on the body / headstock was a flawless metallic blue. Neck finish appears to be a light poly satin finish. At some point I will probably take a scotch-brite to the back of the neck and maybe sand some thickness out of it. Neck profile is a typical slim C. Tuners are pretty basic.

Overall, great guitar for 80's rock. I personally don't care for the floating bridge, but there are things you can buy, or popsicle sticks you can glue together and block the bridge in the cavity. Frets seem like medium-jumbo, and I did have one fret that was a bit high. Neck setup was good when I got the guitar. Truss rod is at the body joint using an allen under the fretboard. I haven't had to mess with this.

Weird thing: The allen wrench holder on the back of the headstock. Nothing says "80's" like this. You always have your allen wrenches handy, provided that you have a screwdriver or a dime or some other tool to loosen the set screws that hold the allens in.

Why I gave this 5 stars: At some point on this guitars' journey, the shipment broke open and the inner box came out and bounced around in the truck. The driver neatly crammed everything (except the candy and the foam that would no longer fit) back into the original outside box, quietly left it at my door without getting the signature I requested. Upon unboxing, the bridge was pressed into the body and there were dings or dents in the back of the body. Sweetwater made everything right, and that is why I will continue to get my stuff at Sweetwater, but in the future, I will pay extra for UPS.
by Sweetwater Customer on

Decent for EVH stuff

The finish on this guitar is very nice metal flake, the neck is not wide, it's somewhat narrow. I did not care for the push/pull volume knob, when turned down it had a very weird bass cut sound, I was having trouble overall finding a good sound on my Marshall amp, I replaced with a 500k pot and it sounds great, I think my original pot had some kind of problem, no biggie to replace, but almost sent it back to Sweetwater.
by Sweetwater Customer on
Music background: Professional Guitarist
See also: Solid Body Guitars, Kramer, Kramer Solidbody Guitars
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