갖고 싶은 기타

[Noh Hohyun]

  작년과 올해 기타에 대해 잘 알지도 못하면서 마구 영입했는데, 운 좋게도 좋은 기타들 위주로 잘 건졌다. 그동안 인터넷을 통한 정보에 크게 의존했었다면, 이젠 그나마 약간 쌓인 경험이 약간 플러스 되면서 또다시 갖고 싶은 모델들이 생겼다.

 기타를 좀 쳤으니 Fender, Gibson을 노릴거라고 예상한다면 오산.

 Kramer Galaxy

 지난번 앨범작업때 Kramer Pacer로 녹음하면서 정말 훌륭한 소리라고 뼈저리게 느꼈는데, 1980년대 당시 ESP공장에서 만들었다는 일제 크레이머에 대한 평가가 상당히 좋고, 그중에서도 갤럭시 시리즈는 디자인이 최고다.  함께 각광받는  jk시리즈는 디자인이 좀...

 난 악기에 관해서는 친일파. 믿음이 간다.

 

Right from the start, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Kramer’s Glide/Grace series from 1989 are some of the highest quality Kramers ever made.There is so much quality for $$ packed in these guitars, that if you were to buy a guitar with the equivalent specs today (E.S.P Horizon) you would be paying alot more. The Glide/Grace series always stir controversy when seen outside of Japan. I’ve heard people say Super Pacer, Pacer Deluxe, Bolt-on Stagemaster, Proto-type Horizon etc.. Fact is they were created for the Japanese market because the Japanese yearned for a top quality model.

The difference between the Glide and Grace is, the Grace is an archtop model with added pick-up/switch configurations. To add to the confusion when these guitars were released they actually came with mixed Pacer, Glide, Grace and Stagemaster truss rod covers. Why?Probably from a selling point.

At the time quite a few American companies EG. Kramer, Jackson/Charvel, Washburn, Dean etc..moved alot of their production to Japan but, there was still that “Made In U.S.A” image so, backplates, extra decals or model names were added. Backplates with the companies U.S.A address were added (these DO NOT say made in U.S.A) or in the case of the Kramer “American” series, which included their top model Stagemaster, an extra decal saying, “American” was added, even today this confuses people. From 1985 E.S.P were suppling almost everything for Kramer, they were either built and assembled in Japan or built in Japan and assembled in the U.S.A. Japan had pretty much the same models plus orignal to Japan only models, just a different name and or electrics (these are the JK, EK, LK, TK series) NOT the cheaper Focus and 100 series that were intended as a cheaper alternative for the overseas market. (Kramer was a very inconsistant, confusing company).

The C2-A that Importstrings have is an all original 1989 one year only product and the top model of the Glide/Grace series. The pick-ups used on the C2-A are E.S.P originals and were used on the early Horizons, Mirages etc.. They are very nice pick-ups, with pull/push coil tap on the volume and tone controls and direct switch. There is ALOT of sounds in this guitar and very versitile. In later years E.S.P would change this model slightly and call it the Horizon, like so many other Kramer models. This is really how E.S.P took off in the late 80’s.

 Charvekl DK

또 일제 샤벨. 또 불꽃무늬...  이 피니쉬를 너무 좋아하기도 하고, NeckPocket이 좀 납작하게 들어가 있어서 20프렛이상을 누를때 너무 편할듯. 실제로 나의 일제 건슬링어도 약간 이부분이 들어가 있어서 상당히 편안함. 모델시리즈에 이은 1989년도 생산품이므로 소리는 비슷할듯.

매번 언급하는 미제 BC Rich snakeskin

gunslinger 혹은 st3겠지. 아무래도 상관없다, 이 껍데기라면.

이번에 건슬링어로 녹음하면서 소리가 아주 만족스러웠는데, 이건 더 좋으면 좋지 나쁘지 않을듯.  

단 이모델은 가장 고가이기에 돈이 있더라도 내손가락이 어느정도 수준에 올라간후 구입해야 기타에 대한 예의!