Product: Kramer DMZ 2000G
Price Paid: US $425.00
Submitted
01/04/2004
at
05:28am
by
Anonymous
Features
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9
1979 DMZ 2000.
Natural maple body, solid chunk of pure maple, clear coat finish. Aluminum "tuning fork" neck, ebanol fretboard, dot inlays, matching maple inlays on back of aluminum to keep warm feel. Leo Quan Badass bridge/tailpiece, adjustable for intonation. Two original DiMarzio Super Distortion Humbuckers. Les Paul style volume/tone controls, with two coil taps. Schaller tuning heads.
Sound
:
10
This guitar sounds amazing. I was worried it wouldn't hold tune, but it really holds tune well. I have changed its environment drastically, maybe if I played under hot lights or outdoors there might be tuning problems. But in my house, studio, etc., it holds tune really well.
Most importantly, this guitar is so articulate in its attack, it just sounds tremendous. Goes from ass kicking distortion to bell-like clarity. You can dial up an AC/DC crunch attack, or a chicken picken twang. It sounds so good, I'm thinking its my new favorite -- and I've got two Les Pauls, a G&L, and a Fender Robert Cray strat.
It sounds surprisingly good on finger-style acoustic types of open chords. And the wider fretboard makes those things easier to play.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
Built by hand in a small shop in the 70's by craftsman who wanted to build a better guitar than Gibson or Fender. Plain and simple. A truly boutique guitar.
It is also amazingly strong -- truly you can't hurt this puppy.
Reliability/Durability
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10
It's a tank.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Who knows?
Overall Rating
:
10
I love this axe. I'm shocked more people don't value them as highly as the Travis Beans of the same era.
Product: Kramer DMZ 2000G
Price Paid: 350 (canadian)
Submitted
10/12/2003
at
03:28pm
by
Anonymous
Features
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9
wow this is definitley a piece of work...ted nugent can blow the balls of a charging rhino at 60 paces...with this guitar i can club em dead from point blank range..its really a solid and beautifull machine...aluminum pitch fork neck dimarzio pickups...pickup selectors..and small toggle selectors for each pickup..the tonal combinations are endless...solid solid solid....and fun!!!!
Sound
:
9
this guitar has a great sound....it really covers it all...those two little mini selectors add a whole bunch to your tone...this guitar sounds great...distorted or clean....with alot of variety....i am not sure when it was made but i picked it up in t-bay for a good price....it is heavy...really heavy...and has a very chunky neck...but still easy to play...and the sound..
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
action and finish are superb....the natural wood is really nice...warm and friendly to the eye..this guitar will never warp or need any adjustments except maybe the bridge saddles every now and then..i have forgotten this guitar in my car at -40c weather...and panicked when i realized it...but...no problem...the neck was just as before...straight..solid..smooth..its really something else......the neck is a bit chunky....you get used to it..really nice to play...and fun fun fun
Reliability/Durability
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10
this guitar will with stand a nuclear holocoust....its incredible...i have had it for 15 or so years..never ever had a problem with it...would i gig with it...you can bet your ass on that....
Customer Support
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No Opinion
never had to deal with em....are they still around???
Overall Rating
:
10
over all its a really great solid guitar...but most importantly..it does have a great sound...all though a bit heavy..if someone ripped it off...he better leave town...because there are not too many of these great guitars left....
Product: Kramer DMZ 2000G
Price Paid: US $350 used
Submitted
08/21/2003
at
08:41am
by
bill hicks
Email: iamdead<at>funnymotherfcker dot com
Features
:
10
aluminum pitchfork neck, wood body, solidly built, takes on any abuse you can give it and keeps on working like a charm...nice thick neck, took me a couple days to adjust to a wider neck...seperate tone and volume controls for the two dimarzio humbuckers, and two mini-pickup selectors...beautiful thick, natural finish that makes the guitar look brand new off the factory line...i was definitely impressed taking it out of the generic guitar case the seller sent me the guitar in...i couldn't believe it was 25 years old...tuning is a problem though, being that the neck is metal, it has a lot of trouble changing enviroments...as long as you keep it at a steady constant temperature it should be fine...do not play with a fan overhead, i learned this the hard way at a college gig, it definitely did not like the fan blowing on it because it was determined to fall completely out of tune in the middle of every song i used it on...but i learned my lesson
Sound
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10
the dimarzio pickups sound great, and the metal neck gives a wonderful bite to the tone...really packs a wallop...very punchy when clean, it's best to find a distortion that doesn't kill the guitar's natural sound, otherwise your basic budget distortion kind of dulls the impact of the aluminum neck sound a bit...perfect for a PiL, big black sort of aggressive dissonance type sound, but suits other styles just as well
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
action seems to be a little sketch, from what i hear it's a common problem...me, i'm not too picky about action, but some might find that to be a turn-off when considering getting a kramer aluminum neck...thick finish on it, no blemishes or scratches (after 25 years!)...people complain about the weight, but it doesn't bother me that much, just gets to be a little painful on your shoulder, but a well-padded strap would soften the burden on your shoulder, but again some might find it to be too heavy for them...before i got a padded strap, i had a constant red stripe down my shoulder, but now it's much more comfortable with some padding underneath it's weight...some mayb also dislike that it tends to dip down a bit because of the weight of the neck, but considering it's an aluminum neck, the weight is pretty evenly distributed between the neck and body (so the body is also quite heavy)...
Reliability/Durability
:
9
this thing is solid...got it used about 2 years ago, has not one single paint chip or blemish on it...it's been going strong for 25 years, i am the third owner (based on the info the seller from ebay gave me)...it's definitely built like a tank...i wouldn't worry about using it as a stand alone, but we use a whole rack of guitars in different tunings so i've never had it as a sole stand alone...the tuning problem can be a pain though, so you should probably spring for a trustworthy tuner and have it available at all times
Customer Support
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No Opinion
N/A
Overall Rating
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10
this is a great guitar for assimilating that mid-eighties post-punk sound, like PiL, Gang of Four, that sort of thing...with the right distortion and amp this guitar is an unstoppable battering ram that just echoes through your chest cavity and shakes your bowels clear...you'll definitely stand out with such an odd looking neck and a very distinctive tone and sound...i'll take this over some boring 1500 gibson any day
