Return of the Hot-rodded Retro-shredder
The Kramer Pacer Deluxe makes its bold return for players seeking a classically inspired shred guitar with scorching-hot tone and contemporary refinements. This sleek, aerodynamic solidbody electric guitar is crafted from solid alder, featuring forearm and body comfort carves for enhanced playability. Its satin-finished, thermally aged maple neck boasts a streamlined Kramer Elliptical C shape, a compound-radius fingerboard, and a 5-bolt heel, ensuring comfortable access to all 22 frets. In terms of tone, the Pacer Deluxe is equipped with a Kramer USA Neptune humbucker and a pair of Triton noiseless single-coil pickups, enabling you to conquer clean passages, aggressive crunch tones, and scorching leads with equal prowess. No self-respecting shred guitar would be complete without a double-locking tremolo, and the Pacer Deluxe includes the gold standard — a Floyd Rose — allowing for a wide range of pitch-bending pyrotechnics. This axe also features a Kramer Key Lock neck stabilizer, an easy-access truss rod, and rock-solid mini die-cast tuners. For modern players seeking a high-performance guitar with an unapologetically rock-hard attitude, the Pacer Deluxe ticks all the right boxes.
High-performance machine
Kramer has a long-standing reputation for catering to technical players — shredders and virtuosos alike. The Pacer Deluxe honors this legacy while enhancing classic design elements with high-end upgrades that modern players will appreciate. This guitar features a satin-finished maple neck with a sleek Kramer Elliptical C profile, thermally aged for reduced weight and increased stability. Its fingerboard is extended and enhanced with a compound radius, providing you with 22 frets of expanded playability. Additionally, the Pacer Deluxe boasts an HSS pickup configuration with modern switching, enabling advanced wiring options for greater sonic versatility.
Flexible Kramer USA pickups
Kramer’s Pacer Deluxe is engineered for hard rock, featuring the powerful Kramer USA Neptune humbucker at the bridge. This high-output pickup delivers a round, aggressively hot tone, ideal for scorching lead work. At the middle and neck, the Triton noiseless single-coil pickups offer a bright and sweet sound across the fretboard, making them perfect for both chording and soloing. The Pacer Deluxe also includes a blade-style pickup selector switch and a master volume push-pull, providing maximum tonal versatility. The guitarists at Sweetwater love this ultra-flexible pickup combination.
Pitch-twisting Floyd Rose tremolo
Do you dive-bomb? Shriek? Squeal? Flutter? Of course you do! Otherwise, you wouldn’t be looking at shred machines like the Pacer Deluxe. Similar to other high-performance solidbody electric guitars, the Pacer Deluxe comes equipped with a rock-solid Floyd Rose 1000 double-locking trem, along with a rear-mounted R2 locking nut. 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 or abuse it, you’ll have trouble knocking this axe out of tune.
Kramer Pacer Deluxe Features:
- Return of Kramer’s mid-’80s super-S-style shred machine
- Lightweight alder body with forearm and body comfort carves for enhanced playability
- Satin-finished, thermally aged maple neck features an easy-playing Kramer Elliptical C profile
- Lightning-fast compound-radius fingerboard facilitates comfortable, speedy performance
- Kramer USA Neptune bridge humbucker conquers clean passages, aggressive crunch tones, and scorching leads with equal prowess
- Triton noiseless neck and middle single-coils offer a bright and sweet sound across the fingerboard
- Floyd Rose 1000 tremolo with rear-mounted R2 locking nut stabilizes your guitar’s tuning during the most intense dive-bomb use
- Kramer Key Lock neck stabilizer reinforces neck joint stability, reducing neck shift and improving sustain
- Easy-access truss rod facilitates quick neck relief adjustments
