GPOTD 2.23.2017

Denverdave

Denverdave

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Kramer Elliot Easton Pro 1

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Light blue (seafoam/turquoise) with light pink pickguard. Guitar has normal wear and one decent size chip in the finish on top edge (see picture) but otherwise in very good condition.
Frets are in nice shape. Guitar plays and sounds amazing. You can get almost any sound out of this baby.

I do not have the original case but it does come with a nice felt-lined hard case for it.

The EE Pro I has a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and two APS-1 single coils in the neck and middle positions with two on/off switches for the single coils, a three-way coil tap switch for the humbucker, a rhythm-to-lead bypass switch, one volume, one tone and a Floyd Rose. The bolt-on necks took on the classic head shape with Kramer block logo and "EE Pro" on the headstock with 21 fret maple fretboard.


https://reverb.com/item/290442-kramer-elliot-easton-pro-1-1987-seafoam-green
 
I can live with this guitar (it's similar to the Gibson Q4000, that was my main axe from 1987-1990), though it wouldn't be my first choice. Thankfully it doesn't have that banana headstock that some Kramers had.
 
To my eye, it is a little of everything resulting in not much of anything. It probably is great to play, but not for me.
 
Yup. Ditch that awful guard and it's a keeper.

Shouldn't it be left handed though?
 
How many signature guitars has EE had? I can think of:
Gibson Tikibird
Gibson SG
Kramer EE
Gretsch Duo Jet EE
 
The only thing I hate about the guitar, is the Floyd. I dig the old P-bass pickguard and don't mind the color scheme.

I thought Tom Anderson had something to do with guitar and here's a bit that talks about from the horses mouth (the horse being Elliot):

http://www.vintagekramer.com/easton.htm

Mick Jagger used to play a black one of these with a maple board:

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Here's a lefty for the concerned:

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In general, I'm not a fan of Super Strats and Floyds, but I like this guitar. I think it's the EE connection. I'm a big fan of his, so perhaps my bias is showing.
 
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