Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 2023, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) controlled the Kramer name under KKR Credit Advisors-affiliated funds (controlling) with other 2018 noteholders incl. Silver Point Capital and Melody Capital Partners (Gibson). No plant is on record for that year.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
A Kramer guitar from 2023 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], 47 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer under Gibson (Epiphone-built, 1997 onward) | Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) | KKR Credit Advisors-affiliated funds (controlling) with other 2018 noteholders incl. Silver Point Capital and Melody Capital Partners (Gibson) | No plant on record | 2018–now | secondary[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] |
Nothing changed in 2023. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Kramer from 2023 is the same version as one from 2022.
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.
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