Who made Kramer guitars in 2002?

In 2002, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) controlled the Kramer name. No plant is on record for that year.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

A Kramer guitar from 2002 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Kramer you have. The name dates from 1976^{[1, 2]}, 26 years before.

Line by line in 2002

What changed in 2002

Nothing changed in 2002. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Kramer from 2002 is the same version as one from 2001.

Other brands in 2002

• Epiphone in 2002
• Fender in 2002
• Gibson in 2002
• G&L in 2002
• Gretsch in 2002
• Guild in 2002
• Harmony in 2002
• Heritage in 2002
• Höfner in 2002
• Ibanez in 2002
• Martin in 2002
• Maton in 2002
• Ovation in 2002
• Peavey in 2002
• PRS in 2002
• Rickenbacker in 2002
• Squier in 2002
• Takamine in 2002
• Taylor in 2002
• Every brand in 2002

Kramer, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   Kramer Guitarsgraded community

   • The Kramer brand was sold out of bankruptcy to Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1997.Kramer in 2002: owners and plants
2. 2
   KRAMER Electric Guitarsgraded secondary
3. 3
   How Gibson Revitalized Heritage Shred Brand Kramer in 2021graded secondary

   • Gibson has owned Kramer since 1996Kramer in 2002: owners and plants
   • In late 2020, Gibson announced the relaunch of the Kramer brandKramer in 2002: owners and plants
4. 4
   Kramer Company Overview and Storygraded community

   • In the fall of 1996, to gain the funds to refund some of these investors, Kramer was acquired by Gibson Music Corp.Kramer in 2002: owners and plants
5. 5
   Kramer History (Gibson)graded primary

   • Gibson purchases Kramer out of bankruptcy.Kramer in 2002: owners and plants

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