Another Kramer I found the other day

since I used that silver Kramer's neck to make a partsbass, I really didn't need another plywood korean junk bass but it was like the silver one....too cheap to pass up.

So here's a ZX70 in all white. This one is a different year as the headstock is way different. It is what it is, the pickup is more of a microphone than my sm58, and the zero fret is chipped in all 4 grooves..but you know what?, it plays fine after I set it up I'll throw my extra Jackson picup in there this weekend, since I wanted to try it out at practice to see how it sounds in the mix.

Nice! Who cares if its a cheapo?

Nice... AeroStar, dude!

thanks guys...you know me cheap+playable= buy it....I actually WAS going to put that neck on another body, but with the painted head I just said "leave it alone" for now ------ the "100.00" bass collection continues

i cant get over the angle of the strings from the nut to the heads.

some of my favorite basses have been $100 planks.

well with the head shaped like that it's a wonder Kramer didn't put brass nuts in EVERYthing, since it was a given that the nut would chip.

even the other "newer" 80's Kramers I have that don't have that silly headstock on them is still the same with the string angles..chipped nut grooves.

i havent had a bass with a brass nut in 15 years. last one i had i really liked. perhaps its worth re - investigating.

Hmm yeah...I remember that the Gibson Explorer basses had them too for a similar reason.

the higher end models had the brass...most of the cheapies got plastic which I guess would last for years anyway. I never had one new to see how long it lasts under my playing it before the huge break angle started chipping the nut grooves.
when I change the strings and nut finally on this white one, I'll try it without the tree like I did to my other one but with the head so far down, I'm gonna bet it will have to stay.

Chowderboots wrote:

Hmm yeah...I remember that the Gibson Explorer basses had them too for a similar reason.

As do all the USA Spectors (the Euros might too, but I'm pretty sure they don't)

At least some of the Euros do...