1970's Kramer 450B 4 String Bass,

Serial Number: 21073 Weight: 10lbs 9ozs

CONDITION: This Bass is found in Good Vintage Condition, it shows the normal Play wear you would expect in an almost 50 year old Instrument. There is a ding on the bass side of the body, and a patch of finish and wood that has been worn away near the volume and tone knobs. There is some knicks and belt rash on the back of the body. The pick up rings are damaged but functional. The original bridge was replaced with a Badass Bass II bridge. The Frets are in great shape plenty of life in them, we have gone through the electronics and checked all the soldier joints cleaned the pots. This is a very Iconic Bass and very cool and great sounding one too. These are getting rarer everyday, so grab this one while you can, includes a nice Semi Hard Case !

HISTORY: The Kramer aluminum neck era ran from 1976 to 1985 and was the legacy of the company before switching over to the more popular wood neck models uring the 80s. The first production batch of Kramers were introduced in November 1976. All of these early Kramers featured a "forked" aluminum headstock and aluminum "skeletal" neck (the Dukes had no headstock). These necks, designed for sustain, contained slots that ran the length of the neck for holding the wood fills in place. The idea of the wood inlays were to reduce the coldness feel of aluminum. Usually but not always, the wood neck fills were the same type and color as the body. The Ebonol fretboard contained large Phil Petillo designed "center-touch" frets, a zero nut and aluminum dot inlays. The higher up models had the mother of pearl "crown" shaped inlays. Scale lengths were 25". Tuners were Schallers. They were manufactured at the Kaiser Aluminum plant on East Avenue in Erie, Pennsylvania. The necks were attached to the body by two bolts and the bolts were covered by an oval shaped aluminum plate. Control cavity covers were also aluminum. Some bass models were available fretless as well as half fretted/half fretless also.

The first pickups were chrome covered with "Kramer" etched in the covers and pickup height was adjusted from the back of the guitar. The first models also had walnut pickup surronds that broke rather easily. Pickups were of an unknown origin but rumored to be Mighty Mites. Body woods in the beginning were fancier imported woods like koa, bubinga, swetenia, afromosia, etc. before going on to plain maple and walnut.

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