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paulo
 Post subject: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 3:43 pm 
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This is a nice find! =)
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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 3:57 pm 
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Saw this earlier. Simultaneously fascinating and fugly.

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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 4:19 pm 
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OH!
MY!
GOD!

This has been on my list of unicorn wants forever. I want it bad!

Sadly, the exchange rate is kicking my ass up here in Canada right now. Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhh.......

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That is a Spruce Goose caliber-lower wing. I wonder how the balance is.

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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 4:55 pm 
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jayceofbass wrote:
OH!
MY!
GOD!

This has been on my list of unicorn wants forever. I want it bad!

Sadly, the exchange rate is kicking my ass up here in Canada right now. Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhh.......


Shoot the guy an offer for a couple of hundred less, and see if he bites... there are currently two(!) righty's for sale on reverb:

$800 https://reverb.com/item/1334657-1980-kramer-xl-8
$r1400 https://reverb.com/item/1445463-kramer- ... emg-w-ohsc

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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 5:05 pm 
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superheavydeathmetal wrote:
That is a Spruce Goose caliber-lower wing. I wonder how the balance is.


I don't even care. The pure rock majesty would make it levitate up to your fingertips.

(This ain't a bass for the weak of back or shoulders. My 4 string DMZ4000 is well over 10lbs. This thing..... well this thing....what can I say? Majesty has weight....)

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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 5:17 pm 
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fivebass52 wrote:
jayceofbass wrote:
OH!
MY!
GOD!

This has been on my list of unicorn wants forever. I want it bad!

Sadly, the exchange rate is kicking my ass up here in Canada right now. Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhhh.......


Shoot the guy an offer for a couple of hundred less, and see if he bites... there are currently two(!) righty's for sale on reverb:

$800 https://reverb.com/item/1334657-1980-kramer-xl-8
$r1400 https://reverb.com/item/1445463-kramer- ... emg-w-ohsc


The red one looks badass!
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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 5:33 pm 
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There's actually a black righty for sale right here in Toronto for $1725 CAD. (And I know they'd accept a much lower offer.) I've been toying with the idea of buying it and having a lefty body made for it.

http://paulsboutique.ca/product/80s-kramer-xl-8/

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PostPosted: March 15th, 2016, 6:26 pm 
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Hi Guys I'm also a Kramer hound, I no this bass. It started out as a private party ad on Craigslist in Santa Clara, Ca my old stomping ground. Then no buyers so off it went to Starving Musician in Santa Clara, Ca you can look them up there are 4 stores in the greater bay area. This is a beauty I emailed an offer a few months back but never heard from them again............

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 Post subject: Re: Kramer XL-8
PostPosted: March 16th, 2016, 1:28 am 
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I don't understand why the sellers of these things think they're work that hefty price...
I MIGHT pay $900 tops.

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I'm not sure what's going on with Reverb. but I can't view any images lately. All images come up as a ? mark. I just update Safari to 9.0.3 but there's still no change.
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[quote="pjmuck"]I'm not sure what's going on with Reverb. but I can't view any images lately. All images come up as a ? mark. I just update Safari to 9.0.3 but there's still no change.[/quote

just tried opening Reverb in Safari, and it wouldn't ever go to the website! Never have liked Safari, that's why I use Chrome, and when that starts locking up, I go to Firefox....

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I tried all of them but now i use Opera browser in all devices.
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