Kramer SM-1 H Electric Guitar - Shockwave Purple Reviews
Let your hair down and get ready for some serious metal mayhem with Kramer's SM-1 H Electric Guitar in tow! Though stripped down with simplified controls, the SM-1 H is a no-nonsense machine primed for sonic destruction. Its mahogany body lays a warm and full-sounding tonal foundation for a single Seymour Duncan JB humbucker, an excellent pickup for rock and metal with the flexibility to work well in practically any genre imaginable. Getting to those high frets is never an issue, thanks to the SM-1 H's neck-through construction, with a glass-like ebony fingerboard for quick chord changes and effortless 6-string arpeggio sweeps. Whether it's deep-sea dives or light warbles, the Kramer SM-1 H's Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo is up to the task, representing the cherry on top of this '80s-inspired shredder guitar.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Great Axe!
I bought one of these guitars a few months ago. I splurged and had it Pleked by Sweetwater and let me just say it was worth it! This guitar is so smooth and fast to play. The tuning stability is very good. The FR tremolo does it all. What I really love is the simplicity of the single pickup. It has that 80's metal sound for sure, but it's even more than that. The coil split is surprisingly very useful for clean picking with some chorus and delay. And it absolutely loves gain. Smooth and singing tone! Oh, and the purple looks great.
Excellent 1H'er
Gibson/Kramer are killing it these days. I love the straightforward single humbucker suoer-strat variants. There is focused attitude about them that says "I know what I am here for, and don't care about all that other BS"
This guitar delivers on that. Fretwork is perfectly level, and fret ends are properly dressed with no sharp ends. Paint finish was flawless. The neck profile is not as wide/flat feeling as a Jackson or Ibanez shredder. But still a fast 'soloist' feel for easy playability.
Sound - Seymore Duncan JB is a well worn path, and quite common fir guitars like this. Not much to say there except it is a good fit for this guitar giving the sound I want to hear. I am not a fan of the sound of a JB in split coil, but it is a no brainer for builders to take advantage of that with a push/pull pot.
So the nitpicky stuff...very very slight tooling marks on the white fretboard binding from the hand filed fret ends. Only noticable to me when I was doing a setup and looking under lighted magnification.
Also not a comment about the guitar itself, but the Floyd Rose 1000 used by builders are kinda cheap feeling compared to FR original. These are not the 1000 pro model, but a non-retail version only sold to builders. The trem arm had a rough powder bumpy/pitted coating that felt like a bad rattle-can paint job. The fine tuners feel tight/rough. I replaced the springs, because it did not have the fast snap back I expect.
