The new AXN™ Model '83

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Thank you for noticing my AXN Guitars. We’ve launched our all new AXN Model ‘83. The ONLY guitar in the world to have the EXACT KRAMER 1983 KRAMER BARETTA NECK SHAPE. The 1983 Kramer Baretta was an Edward Van Halen signature model… actually the first and only Edward Van Halen Signature guitar from the great era of 1983 to the early 1990s.

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The AXN ‘83

We launched the first AXN model ‘83 as a run of 5 guitars in the year 2019. These were absolute clones of the 1983 Kramer Baretta in every way. The difference was our ‘83 was manufactured here in the USA from prime AAA grade materials. Ours was a true boutique guitar with handmade attributes. In that regard everything about our AXN versions of the 1983 Baretta were far superior versions yet our AXN guitars are new not vintage guitars as are the 1983 Kramer Barettas. This makes the Baretta highly collectible instruments and very very rare. Yet, our AXN Model ‘83 captures the true specifications, the spirit, and the details of this beautiful Kramer guitar.

I learned a lot. From a luthiers standpoint, having studied ESP and Kramer manufacturing for decades some details i already knew about and expected. That said, for me to have dug that deep into the signature model Kramer that was created for Edward Van Halen during that era of his playing was very interesting. It was just informative to have a few 1983 Kramer Barettas here in my shop all at once and take notes from the actual vintage guitars. Yet, that is what we did. Through 2018 into 2021 we used several real 1983 Kramer Barettas had them here in the shop dissembled them and calibrated them individually and seperately. I have a blog post here about that on my web page.

The first thing I dissected in order to reproduce the neck was its neck profile. Its been called “wide-and-flat”. Indeed the 1983 Kramer Baretta neck profile is very wide and very flat. The nut size on a 1983 Kramer Baretta uses a 1-3/4” nut which should translate to wide for anyone since the Fender standard is 1-5/8”. Also, the neck shape running up and down the neck is very unique. Some people have called it “quirky”. I believe it is very very awesome and I enjoy the neck profile in all aspects of my own playing.

The 1983 Kramer Baretta neck shape may be my all-time favorite neck shape or one of my favorites. It is very different and feels wide with tons of girth. The thing about the neck profile is that it has a very similar wideness and thickness from fret one to just about fret fourteen. The even more awesome thing about this neck profile is that it screams 1980s…. truly is and will always be indicative of a 1980s guitar neck.

Its a shred neck FULLY. I say this not to make small its comfortableness when playing chords. I say its a shred neck because when you put the flat fretboard together with a sleek and fast neck shape coupled with fat jumbo frets and the fretboard and overall wideness and girth from fret one to fret fourteen… this screams 1980s.

You just cant get the playing experience from a Les Paul or a Fender or any other guitar. Its fun a Fuck to play and its also comfortable… Its just DIFFERENT

ITS DIFFERENT … Get yourself and AXN Guitar!

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