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Kramer Focus VT-211S Electric Guitar - Teal

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Neck and Fingerboard, 2 Single-coil Pickups, and 1 Humbucking Pickup - Teal
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Classic Rock ‘n’ Roller, Kramer-style!

Ready to pick up your first Kramer guitar and start rocking? Then, there’s no better choice than the Kramer Focus VT-211S electric guitar. This classically styled six-string provides an affordable entry point for new guitarists, while delivering top-notch tone from its combination of two Kramer Alnico V single-coil pickups and a Kramer Alnico V humbucker pickup. An all-mahogany body is packed with deep, warm tone contrasted against a snappy maple neck with a super-fast 12-inch radius fingerboard and 21 medium jumbo frets — perfect for aspiring virtuosos. Guitarist at Sweetwater all remember their first axe, and very few of us had one as slick as the Kramer Focus VT-211S. Grab one for yourself or the would-be guitar slinger in your life, and let the musical journey begin!

Iconic design with a twist

The Kramer Focus VT-211S starts with a familiar ‘S’ body shape, with a conformable arm contour and tummy cut, leading into a slim-profile maple neck. Then it turns it up a notch, tricking it out with custom Kramer hardware, including a traditional tremolo bridge, knurled chrome control knobs, and deluxe covered machine heads. A matching headstock gives the Focus VT-211S an extra pop of color and touch of swagger.

Find your favorite tones

With its HSS pickup configuration, the Kramer Focus VT-211S provides a large canvas for exploring how to shape your guitar tones. Two powerful custom Kramer Alnico V SC-1 single-coil pickups sit in the middle and neck positions, delivering the classic brightness and clarity for which single-coils are known. Sitting in the bridge position, a custom Kramer Alnico V humbucker dishes out an aggressive midrange attack and bite that begs to be run through a distortion pedal or overdriven guitar amp. A five-way selector switch and tone and volume controls let you cook up a vast range of guitar sounds, so you can find your favorite tones, no matter what kind of music you’re playing.

Kramer Focus VT-211S Electric Guitar Features:

  • A great guitar for starting your musical journey
  • Classic S-shaped mahogany body has a rich, warm character
  • Comfortable slim-profile maple neck
  • Super-fast 12-inch radius fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets
  • HSS pickup configuration lets you explore a vast range of clean tones
  • Custom Kramer hardware including traditional tremolo bridge, knurled chrome control knobs, and deluxe covered machine heads

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Focus VT-211S
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Teal
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape Slim
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"
  • Fingerboard Material Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
  • Number of Frets 21, Medium Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.679"
  • Nut Material White PVC
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Kramer Traditional Tremolo
  • Tuners Deluxe Closed Gear
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Kramer Alnico V SC-1 Single-coil
  • Middle Pickup Kramer Alnico V SC-1 Single-coil
  • Bridge Pickup Kramer Alnico V HB-1 Humbucker
  • Controls 2 x volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: KF21TECT1

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

I’m beyond impressed

I hope this helps the people on the fence about purchasing. Before ordering this I went mad reading and watching as many reviews on this guitar as possible. In the end it didn't do much because in the end all I came away with is that half the people said it's a great guitar for the price and the other half said it was junk and not worth buying. If I did learn something though it was that if you have the skills and know-how to setup/upgrade guitars (which I do) then this guitar can easily become a great instrument. So the guitar arrived yesterday. First off thank you Sweetwater for packing the guitar so well. I opened the guitar box and unwrapped it from the foam dressing and it was in great shape. Everything was in tact and the neck was actually perfectly straight and there was no fret sprout.

One major upgrade I made right away was to take the Humbucker out of the bridge and connect a new Seymour Duncan JB that I had recently purchased and put in my Gibson LP Tribute then took back out for personal preferences. I also removed both cheap butterfly string trees and installed a Graph Tech string tree for the B and E strings. I also put shielding tape under the pickguard, swapped the bridge for one with a thicker block that I had, removed one of the springs in the back and polished the frets and cleaned the fingerboard with f-one oil. This thing seriously now plays and sounds even better than my Gibson! No joke, it is kind of depressing actually because this guitar is about 1/10th the price of the Les Paul. The action is nice and low, the single coil pickups sound really nice and I love the way that the neck feels. It is satin on back and flat and just easy to move around on. Feels very comfortable.

The only 2 negative aspects about this guitar that need upgrading if you were to only change 2 things it is 100% the cheap tuners on the headstock and the plastic nut. The tuners are so bad that even after you stretch out the strings several times it still goes out of tune quite frequently. The nut is plastic so yeah it sucks but mine was cut just fine and all I did was lightly sand each nut slot to smooth them out and then used a pencil to add graphite to each one. So considering all the alterations I made I am quite confident that once I find better tuners to properly fit the headstock that this guitar will be outstanding. I'll eventually upgrade to a Graph Tech nut as well. Oh if I am really nitpicking there is one more thing I should mention that I found to be a problem. The volume knob is way too close to the strings. When I need to pick the top strings my fingers/hand bump into the volume knob making it difficult for picking notes. I need to find a way to remedy this but I wanted to mention it. All told I do not regret this purchase and it's a beautiful looking Teal guitar that is super fun to play because it is light, fast and looks sweet!
Music background: Bedroom guitar player and Rock and Metal Lover.
Rated 5/5

Awesome

This guitar is awesome, feels fantastic, color is amazing, this is my 3rd guitar an I been playing the kramer all the time now. Well worth the money, a lot of guitar for the price.
Music background: Self taught, played in cover bands for years, and writing our songs too
Rated 5/5

Low price

Good starter gutair.
Rated 5/5

Vary Resonate!!!!

This isn't an expensive guitar but boy does it sound good. I don't know about the rest of this model but this thing really sings! It's light, the set-up, Intonation, action, balance, fretts, and overall quality are spectacular. Even unplugged you cand hear how the body is acousticly resonate. Bending from f to g, or g to a, it is vary noticeable and easy to fall in love with. It's my new favorite out of the many I have.
Sweetwater of course was great,fast, and always gives a phone call to make sure I'm happy. They've never let me down on any order big or small, no matter what the total cost in value . Thanks SWEETWATER
Music background: Over 40 years playing guitar
Rated 5/5

Awesome value!

How can you go wrong? This is a nice guitar and the price is mind blowing. I love the neck and the thing is gutsy as can be. Sweetwater delivered unrivaled customer service. It's always a total pleasure doing business with this company.
Music background: Long time drummer, total rookie guitarist
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