Jersey in the late 70’s. The Strikers series was
their name sake Gary Kramer started his own
one of their imported lines from 1984 to 1989
company “Gary Kramer Guitars” in 2007 and is
influenced by their USA made Baretta line. Like
building some truly beautiful instruments.
so many other guitar brands, Kramer went
bankrupt in the 1990’s and was bought by the
So In 1988 this Kramer “ST100” guitar retailed
Gibson Guitar Corporation and placed under
for $339.95. Today there still selling for about
their Epiphone division. In 2007 the Kramer
the same price used, however their USA
Striker was brought back as a games control
made guitars are bringing in a much high price
for Guitar Hero III for the PS2 game system.
from collectors of the brand. Still a 28 year-
Today the Kramer division at Gibson has
old Kramer for around $300 in my book is a
released several new models along with some
pretty good deal for a little piece of rock n roll
reissues of the brand’s classic guitars. Oddly
guitar history.
enough, one of Kramer guitar’s founders and