Kramer Assault 211

126

Group Test

‘Improver Axes’

Under £500

You’ve already got a foot on the guitar ladder. Now TG helps

you move on up with four mid-price stunners that will

condemn your starter axe to the attic

WORDS HENRY YATES

Hagstrom

Ultra Swede

Kramer

Assault

211 FR

TGR201.gear_test 126 24/3/10 2:04:22 pm

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& Hagstrom Ultra Swede Kramer Assault 211 FR Group Test ‘Improver Axes’ Under £500 You’ve already got a foot on the guitar ladder. Now TG helps you move on up with four mid-price stunners that will condemn your starter axe to the attic WORDS HENRY YATES 126 TGR201.
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Adam Black Libra UK T ake a good, hard look at your guitar. Sure, you guys have had some good times together; you’ll never forget bringing it home from Argos, holding it all night long, forming your calluses on its cheesewire strings, promising you’d take on the world. But be honest: you’ve outgrown each other. Your fingers are writing cheques the fretboard can’t cash. Your band are playing venues the pickups can’t fill. A split is on the cards, and you’re going to need a new songwriting partner.
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