3/14/2021 0 Comments Kramer Ferrington Kfs-1
The double cutaway solid Sitka spruce top body was offset, think Fender Jaguar.They play like an electric guitar (when set up properly) but sound like an acoustic guitar.In 1988 Kramer enlisted the help of famed luthier Danny Ferrington to design a production model instrument known as the KFS or KFT or for the bassists it was the KFB.
These instruments all had wooden asymmetrical bodies that were shaped somewhat like a Telecaster (KFT) or a Stratocaster (FBS). These guitars all had an asymmetrical soundholes, bolt-on maple Kramer necks with rosewood fretboards. The bridge and saddle were acoustic style, but did not have pins. A passive piezo transducer was mounted under the saddle and the controls for volume and tone were on the upper side. Later models came with a 3 band EQvolume control mounted on the upper bout. The KFS-1 and FKT-1 had fancy sharks tooth fret markers, while the KFS-2 and KFT-2 has rosewood fretboards with dot position markers. The KFB-1 came with a rosewood fretboard and rectangular position markers. There was also a Strat-shaped 12 string model, the KFS-12 with shark tooth inlays on its rosewood fretboard. And the KFX model was an Explorer shaped guitar with shark-tooth inlays on rosewood. The 1, 12 and KFX all came with bound necks, while the 2 models were not bound. Later in production 2 models came with diamond position markers. Kramer also offered the more expensive and better made Signature models. These were made of choice woods such as solid Sitka spruce tops. Bodies were made of Indian rosewood, Nato (mahogany) or American hard maple. The necks were bolt-on Kramer models, but not all were six-in-line and only one had the banana-style headstock. These guitars were not based on existing guitar shapes, but were unique shapes designed by Ferrington. The SB model, named for Stephen Bishop, came with a rosewood fretboard with dot inlays. The soundhole was shaped somewhat like an offset guitar-pick. It was a rectangular understated bridge and there is a piezo pickup under the saddle which went to a 4 band EQ and volume control. The RT model, named for Richard Thompson, was also an original Ferrington design.
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