Product Description

The Kramer Focus VT-111S is THE most affordable, professional electric guitar available today. With a Slim-Taper Hard Maple neck, 21-Fret Rosewood fingerboard, vintage 6-screw tremolo system and 3 single-coil pickups, you get great sound, fast action, and years of reliable performance. There is NOTHING like it! Chris Berezney of MusicGearReview writes "If you're willing to spend $300 on a guitar, consider buying a few of these. Hell, you could get 3 of them. One in each color. For the money, there's nothing better available. Nothing at least that I've seen." ... Read more

Features

• Vintage Style Tremolo
• Covered Machine Heads
• PVC Nut
• Straight String Pull Headstock

Reviews (3)

Kramer Focus VT111S - The $75 (or less) Guitar That KICKS!
At first hearing about these things I, like many others, thought "how good can a $75 guitar be?"; then I got one.

I'll tell you, VERY nice (XL)strings, great neck, no fret buzz, and great body/finish. I played it without an amp at first and couldn't believe the action on it. Then I plugged it in.

Basically, it sounds just like a Fender Strat, only it feels a little nicer and plays a little better. I also then plugged it into my V-Amp 2 ... My GOD, it's freakin' sa-weet!

I HIGHLY recommend it for a guitar for open mic nights, kids and beginners, intermediate players, or just to mess around with.

As Chris B says;
"If you're willing to spend $300 on a guitar, consider buying a few of these. Hell, you could get 4 of them. One in each color. For the money, there's nothing better available. Nothing at least that I've seen."

PS: I got the VT111S during the holidays, it cost $74.99US in SunBurst; it's purdy!
I've never played a "cheap" guitar that was so good; in fact, I'm collecting the other colors now!
Forget the negative things others say about this guitar, it's WORTH the money; believe me!

Save your money
Yes, you can't expect much from an $80 guitar. But there is a line that can be crossed in terms of poor quality. Basically, this instrument is unplayable. Doesn't stay in tune for more than 10 minutes, horrid fret buz, the high E string gets caught beneath the final fret, etc. etc. Do yourself a favor, wait a couple of weeks, save up some more money and buy the next cheapest thing -- it's bound to be better. A disservice to beginners, an insult to more advanced players. You've been warned.

Good Price and Service, but Requires Set Up
I got this guitar for my daughter for X-mas.(Actually, they had over sold the black-body model and so I got the seafoam green at no additional charge.)The paint is great, it looks very nice and sounds good with the exception of what I would call excessive fret buzz on the high E and B strings.I adusted the height of the saddle for these strings (instructions are not provide with the guitar, but are available on the web from a number of sources).Also, when it arrived, the strings were rusty.I contacted Music Yo via email and they told me just to wipe them down.I'm not this hot-shot guitar player, but as I understand it, once strings go rusty, they need replaced.I may be wrong about this, but replacement strings were not offered in any event.The guitar stays in tune pretty wel, but I do have to tune it with some regularity.

I've seen the guitar compared with the Fender Squire series.I haven't played one of those, so I can't comment on playablity, but this guitar looks better than the Squire.

With the exception of the string issue, Music Yo did a good job on its end.The guitar arrived quickly and undamaged.The shipping cost was very reasonable.

Overall, I give this guitar a positive rating, but the fret buzz and the rusty strings certainly disappointed me, especially with what otherwise was a very nice guitar. ... Read more

Product Description

The Idol Series was the Winner of the Guitar Player magazine EDITORS CHOICE Award as one of the best electric solid body guitars under $1,000. Now it is available in a BARITONE VERSION.It reaches the low end range of a 7 string using only 6 strings.This guitar smokes with all of Washburn's top features... Buzz Feiten Tuning System, Voice Contour Control, Jumbo Frets, set neck, and 18:1 Grover tuners. ... Read more

Product Description

Genuine agathis body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and locking Floyd Rose-licensed trem come together for an axe with attitude that's as professional as they come. 2 open-coil BDSM humbuckers will hold you down and hurt you! ... Read more

Features

• Agathis body
• Maple bolt-on neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Licensed Floyd Rose tremolo
• 2 BDSM humbuckers

Product Description

You've been waiting and now you don't have any more excuses. Epiphone's SG Special is the most affordable SG ever. Now everyone can own the classic styling and unbeatable performance. Features include 2 humbuckers, tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, and Rosewood fingerboard. ... Read more

Product Description

The evolution continues!The EVO XM carries the same mahogany body as it's bigger brothers with a bolt-on neck.Features dual Dean humbuckers, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and a beautiful natural finish. ... Read more

Features

• Basswood body
• Bolt-on maple neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Dual humbuckers
• Sealed tuners

Reviews (1)

Great bang for your buck.
I bought this Evo because I wanted a cheap non tremelo guitar around to play with alternative tunings, and I really like the looks of it. My other guitars are a Fender Strat and a Fender Lead 1, both equipped with Floyd Rose systems so the Evo was a nice change of pace.

On to the guitar! The first thing I noticed was the weight. At 5.75 lbs. it's probably the lightest guitar I've ever played. Right out of the box it wasn't set up, which didn't really surprise me for a $100 guitar. After setting up the guitar (adjusting the bridge and truss rod) it turned out to be a very nice player. The stock pickups sound great and the solid mahogany body has decent sustain. The good tone surprised me considering how light it is. I have only one complaint. The cheap tuning keys. They're cheap and it's obvious when you turn them and feel varying amounts of play from each of them. That being said, they seem to stay in tune pretty well. The bottom line is that the Evo is an EXCELLENT value! The only thing keeping it from getting 5 stars are the tuning keys. I would highly recommend this guitar to beginners as a first electric or experienced guitarists who want something cheap to play around on. The guitar should be set up properly for best results. If you don't know how to do it, take it to your local guitar shop and pay to have it done.

Enjoy! ... Read more

Product Description

The Kramer Focus VT-111S is THE most affordable, professional electric guitar available today. With a Slim-Taper Hard Maple neck, 21-Fret Rosewood fingerboard, vintage 6-screw tremolo system and 3 single-coil pickups, you get great sound, fast action, and years of reliable performance. There is NOTHING like it! Chris Berezney of MusicGearReview writes "If you're willing to spend $300 on a guitar, consider buying a few of these. Hell, you could get 3 of them. One in each color. For the money, there's nothing better available. Nothing at least that I've seen." ... Read more

Features

• Vintage Style Tremolo
• Covered Machine Heads
• PVC Nut
• Straight String Pull Headstock

Reviews (1)

Kramer Focus VT111S - The $75 (or less) Guitar That KICKS!
At first hearing about these things I, like many others, thought "how good can a $75 guitar be?"; then I got one.

I'll tell you, good strings, great neck, and great body/finish. I played it without an amp at first and couldn't believe the action on it. Then I plugged it in.

Basically, it sounds just like a Fender Strat, only it feels a little nicer and plays a little better. I also then plugged it into my V-Amp 2 ... My GOD, it's freakin' sa-weet!

I HIGHLY recommend it for a guitar for open mic nights, kids and beginners, intermediate players, or just to mess around with.

"If you're willing to spend $300 on a guitar, consider buying a few of these. Hell, you could get 4 of them. One in each color. For the money, there's nothing better available. Nothing at least that I've seen."

5 Stars, all the way!

PS: I got it on sale during the holidays for $69.99US, it's an unbelievable deal! ... Read more

Product Description

Kramer has taken the BEST selling Focus and added a powerful, humbucking pickup in the bridge position for better tone and added GROWL! Other enhancements include a Metallic Finish, 3-ply (white/black/white) pickguard with matching white pickups and a 21-fret Hard Maple fingerboard. If you want all the features and quality found in this classic double cutaway guitar but without the "classic" price, the Kramer Focus series is perfect for you. You will NOT find the same guitar for less, we guarantee it! ... Read more

Features

• Covered Machine Heads
• PVC Nut
• Straight String Pull Headstock
• Vintage Style Tremolo

Product Description

The Kramer Focus VT-111S is THE most affordable, professional electric guitar available today. With a Slim-Taper Hard Maple neck, 21-Fret Rosewood fingerboard, vintage 6-screw tremolo system and 3 single-coil pickups, you get great sound, fast action, and years of reliable performance. There is NOTHING like it! Chris Berezney of MusicGearReview writes "If you're willing to spend $300 on a guitar, consider buying a few of these. Hell, you could get 3 of them. One in each color. For the money, there's nothing better available. Nothing at least that I've seen." ... Read more

Features

• Vintage Style Tremolo
• Covered Machine Heads
• PVC Nut
• Straight String Pull Headstock

Reviews (4)

the best guitar ever
I think that my kramer candy apple red guitar is the best! everything is perfect the strings, the sound, the shape you name it is the best guitar ever and I know guitars and i'm only ten.All my friends really like It to you should use it for advertisement. I think amazon.com is the best place to shop!

My favorite Guitar.
The price is amazing, for the tone and fun you get with a guitar like this. I sit all day playing it. It is a strat style guitar, and although I prefer SG types, this is a lot of fun, and out of all the 8 guitars I own, this is my favorite.

GAG!
I will have to agree with the first reviewer this guitar does have great action.But Everything else about it sucks, espically since its a strat style guitar you can only get 2 out of 5 pickup positions without fret buzz.Save your self some time and get an ESP!

Cannot be beat for the money!
My favorite guitar in my humble collection.The best guitar under $150 you can buy.

Don't expect great tuners, and the tremolo's only good, but not great.And you're well advised to replace the stock strings and adjust the bridge before you play the unit for the first time.

Do expect very good sounding, hot pickups, smooth five-position pickup selection, solid electronics, and best of all, outstanding action from a beautifully finished instrument.The Kramer Focus beats cheap Squiers & Epiphone's hands down. ... Read more

Product Description

Nothing looks like a Steinberger and nothing performs like one either! The Spirit GT-Pro guitar features the same distinctive body-shape as the award-winning Steinberger GL Series and the trademark headless neck with the patented Double-Ball ™ tuning system. Other features include the patented LOCKING R-Trem ™ system with direct-pull, 40:1 ratio machine heads, three (HB - S - HB) EMG Select ™ pickups and folding leg rest for playing comfort while sitting. And the GT is perhaps the world's most "travel-friendly" and convenient guitar ever made. It comes complete with a heavy-duty gigbag and, being only 30" in length, fits anywhere including airplane overhead luggage bins. ... Read more

Features

• Patented Double-Ball ™ Tuning System
• R-Trem ™ Tremolo
• EMG Select Pickups
• Includes Deluxe Gigbag

Product Description

If you are looking for classic Les Paul looks and a humbucker sound, it is hard to go wrong with the incredibly affordable Special II. There really hasn't been a Les Paul deal like this in a long time. Features include a Mahogany neck, a Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, volume and tone control, and chrome hardware. ... Read more

Features

• Super-affordable
• 2 humbuckers for that LP tone
• Great tone and playability
• Tone, volume, and pickup switch

Reviews (2)

Nice 1st Guitar
This is a great guitar to learn the basics on. I have owned a LP2 for a year and I have nothing bad to say about it. The guitar stays in tune and has a solid construction. This guitar is well worth the money!

Sweet little guitar for any player
I picked up one of these babies about 6 months ago to use as my "travel" guitar, and it has yet to let me down.Granted, the day I got it, I changed out the pickups with a DiMarzio Double Whammy in the bridge and a Virtual PAF in the neck, so I can't tell you much about the sound from the factory electronics.However, the guitar plays wonderfully.The only irritant was that, in order to get perfect intonation in Eb tuning (one half-step below standard tuning on all six strings), I had to reverse one of the saddles.

Otherwise, no complaints whatsoever -- it came from the factory with the truss perfectly set, and it only took minor tweaks to the action and a slight shim for the neck (I'm obsessive when it comes to fast action on my guitars), and I was shredding away in no time.This is an excellent guitar for a beginner, or, if you're a more advanced player in search of some vintage looks on a budget, this is right up your alley.Get a new set of pickups -- EMGs, Seymour Duncans, or DiMarzios will work great -- and you've got looks AND tone.Just don't expect that solid mahogany-body sustain you'd get from a real LP -- this one's plywood.Agathis.Tonewood.Whatever Epiphone's buzzword of the week happens to be.

Bottom line: for $150, you can't go wrong with this guitar.Out of all the guitars I own, I keep coming back to this one.Of course, unlike your average Jackson or B.C. Rich, the Les Paul body design doesn't have any pointy things to dig into one's crotch... That might have a bit to do with it as well.Are you still reading this? Just buy it already! ... Read more

Product Description

This new 27-3/4" long-scale Baritone guitar comes strung with .14-.68 strings to add even more beefy, bottom-end tones to the legendary Les Paul. 2 Vintage Alnico humbuckers with a Plus pickup in the lead position and simplified controls give it all the crunch you expect from a Les Paul and more. Custom finishes give it a great new look. ... Read more

Features

• 27-3/4" long-scale baritone
• 2 Vintage Alnico humbuckers with Plus in the lead position
• Simplified controls
• Custom finishes

Product Description

You've been waiting and now you don't have any more excuses. Epiphone's SG Special is the most affordable SG ever. Now everyone can own the classic styling and unbeatable performance. Features include 2 humbuckers, tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, and Rosewood fingerboard. ... Read more

Product Description

Schecter's Hellcat features a Duncan-designed 3-humbucker configuration paired to a 5-way selector switch to give you a wide and varied range of tones not available on other axes.Also features the TonePros bridge system that simply lock the bridge to the mounting posts to improve intonation, sustain, and maintenance. ... Read more

Product Description

A healthy combination of Kramer attitude and classic LP styling makes the Kramer "Standard" the perfect rock guitar. This 22-fret, 24.75" scale axe features a solid Mahogany body with an eye-catching Flame Maple top. When combined with its hard Maple glued-in neck and Made in the USA Kramer pickups (90R neck and 98T bridge), you've got a powerful guitar with a focused rock tone that sustains for days! The Kramer Standard also features Grover machine heads and a graphite nut for unsurpassed tuning accuracy and stability. And Kramer designed body scarfing makes this classic more comfortable and easier to play than ever before. ... Read more

Features

• Eye-catching Flame Maple Top
• Grover Machine Heads
• Mahogany Glued-In Neck
• Kramer Designed Body Scarfing

Product Description

The colorful Butterfly Artist guitar features a basswood body, rock maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 22 frets, pearloid daisy inlays, and chrome hardware.Includes Gigbag! ... Read more

Product Description

Fitted with 6 guitar strings, 13 sympathetic drone strings, and a buzzing Gotoh bridge, its guitar-like scale and neck couple familiar feel with the exotic tone of the traditional Indian instrument. All 3 pickups (including the sympathetic-string pickup) have independent tone and volume controls. A great axe for re-creating those psychedelic chestnuts of the '60s and for getting into modern world fusion styles.How to tune the sympathetic strings: The gauge of the sympathetic strings is .010. and a harp wrench is used for the tuning process. Traditional Tuning: The longest and lowest string is tuned an octave above the high E of a standard tuned guitar. From there the strings are tuned in half steps. This is just a starting point and experimentation can yield some beautiful sounds. Another great tuning is to use a "dropped D" tuning (dropping the 6th E string down a full step to D) on the guitar neck; then the sympathetic strings would be tuned to a D7sus chord as follows (longest string to shortest string):D - same note as 1st string of the guitar neck fretted at the 10th fret (the 1st string is tuned to standard E) F# - ascending G - ascending A - ascending C - ascending A - ascending G - ascending F# - ascending G - ascending A - ascending C - ascending D - ascending D - same as previous note ... Read more

Features

• 6 guitar strings with guitar-like neck
• 13 sympathetic drone strings
• Special Gotoh bridge
• 3 pickups with independent tone and volume controls

Product Description

If you want the classic Gibson Les Paul feel and sound, but find the Epiphone Les Paul Standard a little bit out of your reach, take a look at the Les Paul 100. Two humbucker pickups, a Rosewood fretboard with a bolt-on Mahogany neck and great body wood give this model the powerful, sustaining tone character of the best Les Pauls. ... Read more

Features

• Mahogany neck
• Chrome hardware
• Alder top, mahogany back
• 2 open-coil humbuckers
• 24.75" scale

Reviews (2)

great guitar
very nice guitar, the 5th guitar in my collection. i love this guitar. if your looking for your first guitar, this would be the first one to go for.

the best for the money
ive always wanted to buy a lespaul they have the best tone and playability of any guitar design but didnt want to spend 4000 dollars doing so when i read that lespaul himself left gibson for epiphone years ago i decided to buy 1 and everybody was right the quality is unreal i take mine to the guitar store and close my eyes and cant tell a diffrence between the 2 epiphone lespaul or gibson and many blues players actually prefer epiphone guitars they are highly respected world wide the only diffrence is sometimes the pearl inlays on the neck wear eventually but thats no biggy for a true guitarist and it hasnt happened on mine and i play 6 hours a day if u want a lespaul and dont want to pay 4000 buy this for 300 bucks youre getting a worldclass les paul authorized guitar with a lifetime warranty and if i were you id buy the heritage cherry sunburst its got a gorgeous finish ... Read more

Product Description

Kramer and MusicYo are proud to introduce the latest addition to the USA Collection⦠The Kramer USA "Jersey Star" Reissue electric guitar. A faithful reissue of the famous Kramer electric guitar originally introduced in 1986 as part of the Artist Series. But, unlike some of the production guitars, this vintage reissue incorporates some unique, one-of-a-kind features consistent with the artist's original guitar. They are: Hard Maple Fingerboard (production = very few produced, maple was optional), Real Mother of Pearl "Star" inlays on body and neck with black outline (production = no black outline), Pearloid Tuner Buttons (production = gold tuner buttons), and Standard size cover plate (production = large back cavity cover plate). As stated in the accompanying advertisement, when designing this guitar three major requirements had to be met. They were: 1) straight rock and roll sound; 2) smooth professional construction and; 3) a striking stage presence. With the new Jersey Star, Kramer has once again met these requirements and created a truly great instrument with a timeless '80's vibe. Special thanks goes out to Mike at www.VintageKramer.com and John Montaperto for all their help in making this possible. ... Read more

Features

• Headstock
• JS-90R and JS-91T Pickups
• Five Way Pickup Selector
• Mini Toggles (Middle and Bridge Pickups)
• Solid Maple Body

Product Description

If you can handle everything about the Gibson except the price, check this out. Engineers designed this modern classic with the arched top and fast neck of the best Les Pauls. It has an arched, figured curly Maple, carved top in faded sunburst finishes for that great LP look. And like all Les Pauls, features a solid glued neck joint for great sustain and stability. These guitars are built to 100% Gibson specifications. ... Read more

Features

• Mahogany/alder body
• Carved maple top
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Chrome-covered humbuckers
• Cream body and fretboard binding

Product Description

This affordable Warlock features an agathis body, dual humbuckers, all chrome hardware, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and the popular Warlock body design that takes center stage as soon as you strap it on. ... Read more

Features

• Wicked Warlock design
• Agathis body
• Maple neck
• Rosewood fretboard
• Dual humbucking pickups

Reviews (2)

Great Price
Wow, for the price its impossible not to give this guitar a 5 star rating. This is better than most of those $500 guitars that try to have a nice shape. The design was what caught my eye at the guitar shop, and than i saw the price. The other reviewer said it had bad humbuckers/pickups, but he must have a crappy amp, cause this guitar carried a mean, tuff tone on everything. haha, its not a good idea to play acoustic style songs on this, as i've tried. Truely for the metal-hard rock lovers. But i play mostly Punk, and it gets the job done. You won't find a better guitar, for this price; especially the looks.

Well well what have we here
This guitar has wonderful looks and action.The pickups are bad but you can get by with them.I would however change the pickups for either some duncan designed or if your a big spender some EMGs.Other than the pickups, awesome guitar.1 last thing DO NOT buy the starter pack for this, the amp that comes with it is definatly not worth it! ... Read more