Description
Roadhouse USA:
1982 Kramer USA Vanguard Custom Flying V Floyd Rose W/Case.
Early 80’s Kramer American made Vanguard Custom V.
This one shows its share of nicks and dings, but overall it presents well for its age.
Plays great, the neck on this guitar (as were all Kramer necks from this era) is great.
Appears to be all original, although I am not 100% positive about the Floyd. It is an original, period correct gold Floyd and it looks stock to me, but I cannot be certain.
The gold hardware shows tarnishing as you would expect.
Comes with a new aftermarket hard case.
Overall, a really cool, great playing Kramer American V from the good old days:)
From Vintage Kramer:
Along with the Pacer and Voyager, 1981 was the debuting year of Kramer’s V-shaped guitar, the Vanguard. Unlike the Pacer and Voyager though, the early Vanguards were available with an aluminum neck option. The first type was the aluminum necked, forked head Vanguard Special. Features were a single Ultra spec hum, 1 vol, 1 tone, and a non trem bridge/tailpiece. The Vanguard Custom was the equivelent of the Special but sported the wood neck with Strat style head and a Flicker or vintage trem. There was also a Vanguard Special bass released in this era which also had one hum. These two Van guitars were the earliest types and only lasted 2 years and they were dropped by 1984.
