Kramer SM-1 | In Depth Review | Honest Thoughts

[@STMNewEngland]

The bump on the neck is called a Volute. It’s to reinforce the headstock so it has a lower chance of breaking.

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Awesome! I never knew that thanks for the comment!

[@JosipBelosevic-t7x]

Kramer The SM1 has the most beautiful headstock design in the world of guitars and even since Jackson models

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

It’s pretty badass!

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Best model they ever made.

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

They killed it!

[@exp-eri-mental]

Looks like you got a good one. I've just received mine today and the finish is AA at best plus the trem pocket is wonky. glad someone uploaded a good video to compare to, thanks, will be asking for a swap for mine!

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

My pleasure! Hope it all works out!

[@christamiller589]

Bought this a month ago and man i am blown away! Best guitar ive ever owned. I dont agree that the whammy bar gets in the way of the controls. I find it quite playable. Put it on full volume on the bridge jb and go!

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Awesome man! Glad you like it!

[@aubindrive1937]

Great playing nice review

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed!

[@gkarone3228]

Just pulled the trigger and ordered this exact model $119 holiday discount and 36 months 0% interest win win I'll be shredding for New Years🎉 my birthday is 12/24 b-day / Xmas gift from the greatest wife ever

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Heeeeeeck yeah man! Comment when you get it and let us know what you think!

[@gkarone3228]

@JorgeSalasGuitar will do can't wait most of My guitars are inexpensive and mid range and I customize em with pups elec push pulls and phasing switches this one will ROCK STOCK 🤟

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

@@gkarone3228 Hell yeah man! Enjoy do a demo video!

[@BJ-fj6jw]

Appreciate your video. Paul guy myself. I want a low low action shredder with a reliable trem bar. Maybe HSH pickups. Still looking...

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

I think this guitar would actually do you good. Just adjust that Floyd and I bet you’ll like it.

[@BayGuitaro]

You're right. At first glance the pickup selector catch me, why the hall they palece it on that posistion? Looks uncomfy. Other than that, it's a great guitar. Mahogany body, SD JB and cool rail splittable sounds great! Love the necktrough and neck-head white binding.

[@JD-vj4go]

Awesome guitar. I love pickle burst must resist urges...

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Haha it is awesome!

[@dane4453]

Not hot rails and not SH-2. Gibson/Kramer advertise them as coming with cool rails and a JB. Mine came with the cool rails and a TB-4 humbucker. Could not stand the TB-4. It had this mid range honk, anemic and sounded too dark. The tremolo system is ok. Anyway, I changed the TB-4 to a Dimarzio and sounds so much better. Probably will change the cool rails, too, as I am still on the fence about them. The tone and volume knobs are smooth and the the treble bleed circuit is good. Finally, mine did not come with the sticker candy and booklets. That and because the setup was not great makes me dislike Gibson as I bought it from their garage shop in Nashville.

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thanks for letting us know what pickups! 🙏🏼glad the dimarzios worked out for you!

[@gkarone3228]

The bulge behind the head stock is reinforcement the original models (blue orange and black) had weak head stock on eBay there's repaired one's for 5 to $600 I've had my eye on this model since it hit the market

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Ah makes sense! Thanks man!

[@jesterraj]

Dont like the selector sw under the trem arm area...

[@christamiller589]

Hows the accessibly of the upper frets?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Very easy imo

[@pjmuck]

Looks like a pretty wide neck. What is the nut width on these?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Don’t know off the top of my head but you can easily search it online 😀

[@ruriabrandao]

Hey mate do you know the difference between the sm-1 and sm-1 figured ?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Unfortunately I do not. Sorry!

[@anchoredsalmon6808]

is it possible to remove the whammy bar?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Yes 👍🏼

[@ccchatorocks]

what about the intonation issues? these indonesian kramers have poor tuning stability unless the bridge is leveled to the body. what do you think?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Great question. So after this video was filmed, I did notice that the tuning would be a bit off as compared to my other guitar with a Floyd Rose. It wasn’t by much, but it was enough to sound out of tune. I don’t worry much about it because I think it’s probably an easy fix but out of the box, I did have a little bit of tuning issues. Thanks for bringing that up!

[@ccchatorocks]

@@JorgeSalasGuitar thanks for ur reply

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

@@ccchatorocks My pleasure! Happy New Years!

[@ccchatorocks]

likewise @@JorgeSalasGuitar

[@jesterraj]

Add stainless steel fret and u got a winner!

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

100%!

[@bluehappyscrap]

Does this come with 9s or 10s strings?

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

I believe it was 10s

[@gkarone3228]

Sh4 jb

[@wheelieking3976]

Play you fooking thing Jimmy Hendrix.

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@wheelieking3976]

The fooking thing correction.

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@wheelieking3976]

10 minutes later zzzzzzz

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@wheelieking3976]

Just a pity you can’t play the guitar

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@table72]

He definitely can play the guitar

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

@@table72 Haha thanks I try!

[@aarongrimes6490]

Let's see you play big man

[@user-1-800-spanked]

crap compared to the original

[@JorgeSalasGuitar]

How so?