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KRAMER D-1

GIBSON www.gibson.com

$529

Kramer have been giving us high-quality guitars since the Seventies, and have seemingly gone from strength to strength since being acquired by Gibson in the late Nineties. The D-1 is part of their new Kramer Modern Collection, the ‘D’ standing for Disciple, and the design riffing on their most popular basses of the Eighties—always a hit with heavy metal players. But is this latest Disciple something we can all believe in?

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