Modified Kramer Focus VT-211S/Guitar Show and Tell
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ธ.ค. 2022
- My apologies for the weird ending. If I can get the rest of the footage back I will repost it (only lost about 2 minutes of video). Anyway, here is the finished Kramer VT-211S. Turned out pretty nice, I think I'll keep it. See what you think.
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i just bought one and i think i wanna do some upgrade, thanks for the video man, helped me alot
No problem man, glad to help. They're actually decent guitars with some quality control issues. You can even leave the original pickups in it and still get a good tone, and save the money for other stuff. Let me know how the upgrades go. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great day!
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Thanks!
Nice!! Almost the same mods I did to mine...where did you get the pickguard by the way? Would consider to change mine! Never thought of a tort pickguard but it actually looks very nice! Got a zebra humbucker too...congrats!!
Thanks! I can't remember for sure but I think it was the cheapest one I could find on ebay. It had some fitment issues (pickguard screw holes not lining up, bridge pickup is a little bit farther away from the bridge), but I was able to make it work. It's supposedly a direct bolt on for a Fender Stratocaster but I didn't test fit it on one. Tried a mint green guard but I didn't care for the way it looked (no fitment issues with that one, though). Seems like we both made similar mods. I'm kind of a traditionalist so I stuck with the stock wiring setup. What color did you get? Got any videos? Would love to see what you did. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have good one!
@@oldsledpurgatory3595 thanks for the reply, man. Unfortunately, I dont have the proper equipment to do such a video. I can send you photos or give you more details about the mods if you give me your email address, though... not much of a forum guy either, but like reading them...hehe
Can you please provide a link to the tuners you used
Well, that's gonna be a little tough because I had to modify the headstock and use a combination of new and old parts for the tuners. The D, G, B, and high E strings are using new staggered-height Sperzel Locking tuners (available from several sources online, $80-$120 usually), while the low E and A strings are using some very old Sperzel locking tuners I had in my stash of parts that are a bit taller than the new ones (better string angle through the nut). The headstock on these guitars is aroud 5/8 of an inch thick, a little thicker than a Fender or typical clone, and that could make replacing the tuners kinda challeging, which is too bad because it needs 'em (non-staggered height tuners are probably the way to go). So, I did it the hard way by thinning the headstock 1/16 of an inch to get the tuners to sit at the right height, which likely won't be an easy option for most people. Sorry I don't have a link or a better answer for you, but there are a number of videos on TH-cam showing some other options for replacing the tuners. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Thanks for watching. Have a great day!
@oldsledpurgatory3595 I appreciate your swift response. I did see the sperzel tuners and they were around 150. Someone mentioned his old Jackson tuners worked. I don't have a parts stash yet. Normally I'd be like you, and forget about the old holes showing and drilling new. I've watched several vids on this matter. The Kramer site has the specs on this thing all wrong from what I see. Very vague on the sizes so I need a tape for mm to measure everything. The tremdoctor pointed me to a good fix. Check out his channel on this guitar if you haven't yet. Floyd rose left handed locking nut paired with a floyd trem with prs screws knife edge for trem
Sorry it was the tremdoctor who said, he didn't care about the old holes showing and drilling new and I will just do the same most likely. 2bikemike has a vid on the same thing. I should watch that again as he didn't want to change the original makeup of the headstock and used 2 tuners to make 1 and it worked
@@oldsledpurgatory3595 ok so realistically, is changing out the whole neck for an aftermarket 22 fret banana neck with 10mm holes and work in worthy tuners even a viable option? Or is the 21 fret neck on this the best thing about it? Besides mahogany body.
@@gyrusscalvary I definitely don't mind a few holes showing. Just about every guitar I own has at least one, most have several. Yeah, this can be a challenge with these guitars Fortunately I was able to make something work. Swapping the neck is an option, but I wouldn't recommend spending a lot of money for one. A banana headstock neck would be cool but the stock trem might be tough to keep in tune, if that's something you're concerned about. I really like the neck on this guitar. The frets are kinda small, but I like the overall shape and width of it. I will definitely consider refretting it in the future. The thin mahogany body is nice because it's light and balances well, and is comfortable to wear and play for long periods of time.