GPOTD 12.07.2023

Peen Simmons

Let’s Get Obtuse!
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Sure enough, Kramer's The 84 Hot Dogger is dressed to grill — it's the company's classic built-for-performance axe, complete with mouth-watering hot dog graphics! This solidbody electric guitar centers around an aerodynamic Pacer-esque alder body, with a hard rock maple neck and a fast-playing 12-inch-radius fingerboard. Crank your favorite high-gain stack, and you'll relish prototypical hot-rodded humbucker tones courtesy of a biting Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup, with a series-parallel tap thrown in for extra sonic flexibility. And since no self-respecting shred guitar would be complete without a double-locking tremolo, The 84 Hot Dogger comes with a Floyd Rose, the trem that slices and dices through extreme pitch pyrotechnics with zero tuning woes. The 84 Hot Dogger is topped with a buffet of tasty condiments, including an easy-access truss rod, rock-solid die-cast tuners, and an eye-grabbing ketchup-style headstock logo. Need a splashy hard rock machine that can cut the mustard? If so, this limited-edition electric guitar is only available at Sweetwater!

Loosely based on Kramer's Pacer model, you can bet The 84 Hot Dogger is set to skewer. Its lightweight alder body exhibits a classic, balanced-sounding tone that's ready to roar. Its hard rock maple neck features an easy-playing K-Speed SlimTaper "C" profile, while its high-octane 12-inch-radius fingerboard features a 25.5-inch scale and 22 medium-jumbo frets. The 84 Hot Dogger sports an easy-access truss rod for quick neck adjustments and a banana-style headstock with a distinguished ketchup-style "Kramer" logo.

Seymour Duncan JB humbucker is built to rock hard

Tapping, sweep-picked arpeggios, marathon legato runs — Kramer's The 84 Hot Dogger was built for every show-off technique in the shred book. And it serves up tone that really cooks, thanks to its Seymour Duncan JB humbucker. This pickup is one of the most popular in the world, dishing out the classic sound of a hot-rodded humbucker. You know, that sound — the one we've all loved for the last 30 years. This scorcher boasts plenty of output without sacrificing tone, and it adds harmonics, sustain, and the perfect amount of distortion to your playing. The 84 Hot Dogger includes a single knurled volume knob with a push-pull for a series-parallel tap.

Floyd Rose tremolo for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing

Do you dive-bomb? Shriek? Squeal? Flutter? Of course you do! Otherwise, you wouldn't be on Sweetwater.com looking at shred machines like The 84 Hot Dogger. Similar to other high-performance solidbody electric guitars, The 84 Hot Dogger comes equipped with a rock-solid Floyd Rose double-locking trem. It can be used for subtle vibrato or full-blown dive-bombs — the choice is yours. Either way, you'll experience the same response and tuning stability that you'd expect from a Floyd Rose.

Kramer The 84 Hot Dogger Features:
  • Kramer's classic built-for-performance axe with exclusive hot dog graphics
  • Lightweight alder body exhibits a classic, balanced-sounding tone that's ready to roar
  • Hard rock maple neck features an easy-playing K-Speed SlimTaper "C" profile
  • Lightning-fast 12-inch-radius fingerboard features a 25.5-inch scale and 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Seymour Duncan JB humbucker boasts plenty of output without sacrificing tone
  • Single knurled volume knob with a push-pull for a series-parallel tap
  • Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking trem for dive-bombing, shrieking, squealing, and fluttering
  • Easy-access truss rod for quick neck adjustments
  • Rock-solid mini die-cast machine heads with a 14:1 turning ratio
  • Eye-grabbing banana-style headstock with a ketchup-style "Kramer" logo
  • Limited to 75 guitars — only available at Sweetwater!
 
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Finish is silly, but the simplicity of the underlying package of 22 frets, JB humbucker and a Floyd quite appeals to me. Would if given to me.
 
I mean, it's not something I would buy, but it's just a finish, and it may appeal to someone.

That said, I'm not even tempted by one of the newer high-priced Kramer RIs, Gibson using the Kramer name on nothing be generic, bargain basement guitars for decades did the brand no favors. I'll go Charvel, Jackson, ESP or just about anything else.
 
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Looks like the neck angle is off. It is not attractive.

I usually attribute things like that to parallax from photographing too close and/or with too short a lens. . Unless they are photographing through a telephoto lens from a distance, there will be some visual bending. Of course, it could also be actual issues with the guitar.
 
I just don’t get the hot dog thing. But there will be someone out there who can fit the wieners into their band.
Without the hotdogs it’s a generic metal guitar that I’ve seen many times.
 
Whats the deal w/ Kramers this time around? I take it some are less junky than prior attempts to resurrect the brand, given the price points?
 
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