Kramer " The Duke" Headless 1982

[Donnyboy]

on Glasgow Gumtree - £300

I'm guessing quite rare?

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[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"For Sale [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Kramer Bass Guitar [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]made in the USA [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]serial number dates to 1982 [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]in original used condition with original hard case. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]this model is "The Duke" standard [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]and has an aluminium neck with an ebony fret board [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]this is a headless bass with machine heads at the butt ."[/size][/font][/color]

[BigRedX]

Not that rare. They turn up every other month or so on eBay. They were made from 1981 until 1985, which in Kramer terms is a fairly long production run.

There's no clear photos of it, but the string retainer at the end of the neck doesn't look quite right so that might be a replacement. All the other details seem to be authentic (there's a Hondo copy which sometimes gets passed off as the real thing).

Price isn't bad if you are after a headless short scale bass.

Edit: It's actually an [i][b]EBANOL[/b][/i] fingerboard.

Edited October 25, 2013 by BigRedX

[alyctes]

It's also possible that the string retainer has had its corners filed off. They are a menace to anyone near your left shoulder.