Its shortcomings probably contributed to the failure of the commercial adventure responsible.
Hynde is photographed on its front sleeve design posing with a thinline semi-acoustic with a hair-metallish droopy-and-pointy headstock.Īfter rather-more-convoluted searching than I had hoped, I found out exactly what model of guitar from this forum, where commenters are not positive about the quality of the instrument itself. Colors were black, white, red and cherry sunburst.Ī few months later, the heads, like the USA Kramer lines, were changed to the pointy/droopy variety and diamond inlays in the fretboard.ĭespite some disturbing lyrics* and a weak and predictable “political” track, and despite the album not having been made a by a “real band”-it’s mostly Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour and different session rhythm sections-one of my favourite Pretenders albums is Last Of The Independents. These sported thin bound front and back bodies, off-round sound hole, bolt on maple necks, banana headstocks, rosewood fretboards, and a passive transducer pickup mounted on the bridge with a volume and tone control on the upper horn of the body. The first batch of Ferringtons were offered in 1986, the KFS-1 (Strat shape and the KFT-1 (Tele shape). These guitars were heavily advertised by big names such as and Dweezil Zappa. The idea was to have an acoustic with the feel of an electric. Ferrington designed all of the models of the Kramer Ferrington lines and Kramer had the majority of them made in Korea. In 1985-86, Kramer began its relationship with Danny Ferrington, the Nashville-based luthier who built several guitars for celebrities and, himself had became a reputable reputation for new designs of electric/acoustic guitars. That's all I ever use, acoustic or electric.It was surprisingly difficult to find the answer to the question in the title of this Post, so, to save other people the wander around the Internet that it cost me, and to get straight to the point, here is the answer: It’s a Kramer Ferrington. I've done it out of necessity, and you get just a portion of the real sound of the guitar. Personally I do not want to screw up the tone of a good acoustic, just to make it easier to play.Įlectric strings on an acoustic, bad idea. I've seen a lot of old acoustics strung with light gauge strings, and then when you put on a set of medium gauge, the guitar just comes to life.
Always go by the manufacturer's recommendation for string gauge on the guitar, to get the best sound. For instance, if you put light gauge strings on an old Guild that calls for medium gauge strings the guitar will sound like shit, because you don't have enough tension on the soundboard, and conversely if you put medium gauge strings on a Taylor that calls for light gauge it will sound like shit, because you have too much tension on the soundboard making it freeze up. It's especially important on an acoustic to have the correct gauge strings so that they exert the correct amount of downbearing on the bridge, to generate the sound the guitar was meant to make by the manufacturer. Like the instruments themselves, strings for classical, acoustic and electric guitars provide a wide variety of features that accomodate and enhance each instrument. Strings are definitely NOT strings, as in equal. If you want electric feel then sell the Talman and buy a Parker Fly, Fender Nashville Tele Deluxe or some other electric with a piezo p'up built in. I wouldn't be caught dead using electric strings on any decent acoustic. For that guitar I continue to use electric strings, but I don't expect anything more than sound from it. It sounded lousy with classical strings and was difficult to play, so I gave the electric guitar strings a try. My parents bought it for $15 in trade with my first guitar teacher. I've done this as far back as 1984 or 85 on a POS Epiphone EC-20 classical guitar that was my travel/backup guitar. The bass response will be nil and the treble will be tinny as can be.
Second, they'll sound like a** because the acoustic requires more massive strings to properly excite the top. Absolutely not! (Unless you want to attempt a complete setup based on these strings.)įirst, they won't have enough mass (read tension) to hold your neck at the appropriate position.
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