by Spud1950 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:44 am
OK,Kramer Stagemaster. I was only familiar with Squier Stagemasters. Did a bit of digging. Yours is a Stagemaster Mach II Standard version,as seen here on the Kramer site. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page.
Problem is that the serial number configuration on your guitar seems to only most closely fit the ones on the Musicyo reissue Kramers. All the other Kramer serial numbers also have letter included. Check out what it says at the bottom of this page.
Found on the Net that Musicyo was owned for a short time by Gibson,who bought the rights to the Kramer brand name after the original Kramer American company went out of business.From what I read on the net, the Gibson/Musicyo Kramers were made in Korea at the same factory that was making the Gibson Epiphone guitars at that same time period. These Kramer branded guitars were basically pretty low cost imitations of the much higher quality and much more valuable formally American made product. I can't find any prices for Musicyo Kramers, but if my info is correct, they would probably only be worth a few hundred dollars,just the same as Epiphones of the same time period. What I would do is post on the Kramer Forum and see what info you can get.