Fortunately, the preamp is still working! One of the Kramer Forum threads suggested that the preamp was made by TC Electronics. The preamp is marked 'Active Tone Booster' with an apparent part number of CE852. I'll obviously need to make my own preamp case as parts are no longer available. The batteries explosion spattered acid inside of the soundboard, and began a serious corrosive process. However, in its heyday, this beauty was actually professionally re-worked by Electric Sound Products (ESP ) into a fretless configuration, and I have a feeling it will be well-worth repairing if repairing is indeed possible.ДЄfter finding the bass in the case with the bridge torn off, the previous owner tried to place the bridge on the soundboard with some wood screws! Ouch! The bridge lifted off of the soundboard, and the 9V battery exploded. It was severely neglected through a few cold winters and hot/humid Japanese summers.

After an hour or so of preliminary work, I had some general questions about the condition of the bass that I wanted to throw out there, so please bear with me.ДЄ friend gave me this Ferrington. It happens to be a non-O project, so I went to the Kramer Forum, and posted a thread and pics, but there is very little interest/knowledge regarding these pre-Gibson acoustic electric Ferringtons so I thought I'd start a thread here. Inspired by seesquares' 'Another Matrix Rehab - Replace Your Divots, please!' I thought I'd start work on my easiest project sitting on the shelf. October 2012 Posts: 994 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posted 10:34 PM (#508863) Subject: Help on a '87 Kramer Ferrington KFB-1. Member Communities -> Bottom Feeding Luthiery Guild

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