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Vintage Guitar Review of Kramertorium claim that can be made by precious few boost pedals. And when engaged, the unit makes it immediately apparent that you will have a lot of headroom. Old-World Build That means that for simple lead boost scenarios, most players will not need to deviate much from the standard settings. For a New Gen Through numerous tests, The Dino’s Guitars Rust Box and Dynabox the Dynabox worked well to reduce volume differ- ences between humbuck- TAliANs HAVE HIsTORi-cally ing pickups, single-coil been known for great craftsman- pickups, and instruments ship and detail. Names like with active electronics. Lamborghini and Maserati The unit’s two-position Iconjure the image of the exotic and mini-toggle doesn’t have the high-end detail required by people a label, but changes the with discerning taste. That same pas- pedal’s sonic spectrum. sion for detail and craftsmanship The switch acts some- led guitar buddies Alessio Casati thing like a compressor. Its and Andrea Bagnasco to form cleaner setting works great Dino’s Guitars in savona, Italy, for standard clean boost in 1995. The two started by with just a hint of compres- building custom guitars sion, creating a nice warm- and speaker cabinets, ing effect, especially with a which eventually led to hollowbody, where it yields manufacturing hand- a very pleasant jazz/mellow- wired effects pedals. blues tone. It even adds nice The Bagnasco’s Rust Box is spank and growl to an electric not your typical distortion unit. upright bass, in case you play Housed in lightweight aluminum and one at a big-band gig! assembled using a mix of PCB and The switch’s other position point-to-point construction, there’s DINO’S from a nice, warm jazz tone to sear- adds a more compressed, crunchier an impressive attention to detail in its GUITARS ing distortion for even the heaviest sound, reacting much differently to construction. Plus, its potentiometers RUST boX/DYNAboX grooves through multiple amps. various instruments. In some instances, are sturdy and smooth, and the true- Price: $260/$170 The Rust Box’s real secret lies in the result is not as versatile as the unit bypass footswitch is top-quality and Contact: Dino’s Guitars, Via its Bass and Treble controls, which in the first position.T he added crunch extremely quiet in operation. Delle Industrie 226/F, 17012 allow for dialing in just the right is sometimes a bit too much with hum- Plugged in between a mid-’70s Albissola Marina (Sv), Italy; tone with each instrument. This buckers. This is not an overdrive – it Fender Telecaster and a Us Masters phone +39 019 4006045; also means it works great with bass, generates too much grind to represent an TVA30 combo, the pedal’s transpar- dinosguitars.com. yielding a nice Geddy-like growl out amp breaking up, so a Gibson Les Paul ency is immediately evident. When of an early-’70s Fender Jazz, and sheer sounds slightly muddy and undefined. disengaged, it adds no coloration of sound” as well as a great-sounding overdriven thunder from of a ’73 Pushed by a Telecaster, however, the tone – and stepping on the switch clean boost. Further, the switch helps Hagstrom swede. unit is more in its element. quickly yields the realization that this tailor the Rust Box to work with dif- The Dino’s crew’s dedication to From fine wines and great pasta to is not your daddy’s distortion pedal! ferent instrument types, so whether quality also carries over to its Dy- exotic sports cars and sophia Loren, The Rust Box is very diverse thanks you stay with your solidbody, grab a nabox, a hybrid booster designed to the luxuries of the boot-shaped coun- mostly to its Voice switch, a toggle that semi-hollow, or use a full hollowbody, enhance the tonal palette and dynamic try live on in Dino’s Guitars’ Rust allows it to act as three pedals in one the Rust Box works very well with the capabilities of any rig. Box and Dynabox – two stompboxes by changing the gain and compression characteristics of each instrument. Plugging it in between the Tele for those with discriminating tastes structure to allow everything from And it’s easy to dial in just a bit of and the TVA30, the Dynabox creates looking for an added treat. – Sean sRV drive to Halen-esque “brown breakup in the unit for everything no issues in terms of added noise – a O’Bryan Smith too! The body is mahogany and is all curves, with a sleek, swept-wing top and smaller bottom wing. Gary Kramer and partner Leo scala earn A Sharkfin with Strings huge props for creating such a bal- anced-looking body. There are many Gary Kramer Guitars Kramertorium “pointy” guitars that are quirky eyesores, but Kramer and scala really nailed a shape that’s asymmetrical, IRsT AND FOREMOsT, Kramer, of course, is well known for so what’s under the hood of the hot yet pleasing to look at. Gary Kramer’s new Kramer- his aluminum-necked guitars of the rod Kramertorium? This American- The Kramertorium uses a pair of torium guitar is a “looker.” ’70s and famed “superstrats” of the made axe sports a set-neck construc- direct-mounted EMG 81/85 hum- With its Viper Yellow finish ’80s. Now officially known as Gary tion with a 25.5" scale and a 24-fret buckers, a single Volume control, and a Fand convex “V” body, it looks more Kramer Guitars (as opposed to the ebony fingerboard (12" radius) on three-way toggle. The knob and switch like a Ferrari than your typical Gibson-owned Kramer Guitars), the a maple neck. Dig the mother-of- are slightly recessed into the guitar’s solidbody. guitar maker has several new lines. pearl sharktooth position markers, curved top – it feels ergonomically 164 VINTAGE GUITAR OCTOBER 2008 VintageGuitar.com correct. And for what is clearly a heavy There’s also a double-locking vi- As expected, the guitar is a screamer. guy, thinking, “Ah, this is just another metal guitar, a tone knob is simply ir- brato, and all the hardware is finished Using a variety of tube amps (Mar- heavy metal guitar,” think again. some relevant – it’s not missed by any means. in black (a stop-tail version is also shall, Fender, Krank), it produces a may eyeball it and say to themselves, The input jack is also secretly recessed available). The guitar comes in white, great biting tone for solos on the bridge “This is a potential collector’s piece.” into the lower wing – again, a very nice black, or the aforementioned yellow, ’bucker, and some creamy tones on Granted, it may not accrue value tomor- piece of design work. all two-tone; the color on the top and the neck. The Floyd-licensed vibrato row, but a guitar this eye-catching and solid black on the body and neck. My performs as it should and the neck feels well-built will turn heads (think about only quibble is the large “Kramerto- great, with super-low action for the those angular Dean, BC Rich, or Ibanez rium” logo printed on the back of the fastest shredding. It even makes good Iceman solidbodies from 30 years ago). necks in large gothic letters. That clean sounds, some far twangier than so if you collect pointy axes, this one may be a little tacky, but if you’d expect! But in general, this is a might be worth your consideration. you’re a young metaler, it rock axe, clearly made for stagework. It’s got looks, style, and a skull- may not bother you. And it doesn’t disappoint. crushing tone. – Pete Now, if you’re a vintage Prown GARY KRAMER KRAMERTORIUM Price: $1,399 Contact: garykramerguitar.com. VintageGuitar.com VINTAGE GUITAR OCTOBER 2008 165.
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