Product: Kramer Focus 111S
Price Paid: US $69
Submitted
01/20/2000
at
10:32pm
by
Chad Sunderland
Email: chadds<at>lcworkshop dot com
Features
:
8
1999, Made in Korea. 21 Frets, Laminated "Nato/Alder" body, 3 single coil pickups. Maple neck, and fretboard. It has a black on tan sunburst finish. Jumbo frets, average tuners, Strat body style with a "vintage" tremolo system. It came with a cable, 2 wrenches, and an extra spring for the tremolo.
Sound
:
8
Well...the pickups aren't the greatest, but they definately don't sound bad, just a little on the "thin" side. I play a little bit of everything, and nothing has sounded absolutely perfect, or not right at all. It seems to have a pretty versatile sound. When I ordered the guitar, the plan was to get new pickups because I thought they would be awful, I probably still will replace them eventually, but they are far better than expected.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
Out of the box, this guitar had great action! I didn't do any adjusting at all. The intonation was just slightly off, only took a minute to get it set in there. It seems like a very well put together guitar, the finish looks fantastic, no flaws that I can find.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
Well...I've only had this guitar a few days, but seems pretty sturdy, all except for the strap locks look kind of wea. It seems like it will take a pretty good beating, the one and only thing that would prevent me from gigging without a backup is the strap locks, if I got a new set of those I would do it though.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
The company is strictly an online company, but the service was very fast! I ordered the guitar on a Monday morning, recieved it on Wednesday. They have a 30 day guarantee if you don't like the guitar, but no warranty. I'm not going to rate this category based on the fact that I haven't had to deal with them after the sale as of yet.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing off and on for about 5 years, just really started getting serious over the last year or so though, so I would still rate myself as a beginner. I own 2 other guitars, a nice Ibanez GAX70, and a crappy Univox Hi-Flier, compared with those guitars, this guitar is just as good...if not better quality than my Ibanez. If this guitar was stolen, I'd order 2 more! For the price of this guitar, you really can't beat it! No...it's not an American Standard Strat, but it's not $700 either! In my opinion, you aren't going to find many guitars this nice at anywhere near $69!
