Danny Ferrington relocated to Los Angeles and marketed the KFS-1 and KFT-2 with the Ferrington brand name for a bit, but the guitars trailed off fairly quickly. The Kramer Ferrington line lasted until the end in 1990, when Kramer imploded. I only ever saw a couple of them in stores and they were pricey and hung around for quite awhile. These were upscale guitars with solid spruce tops, set-in necks, and asymmetrical Ferrington shapes. Marketing and reality are often at odds when it comes to classic Kramer guitars, so who knows! But they probably were American made and not Korean. In 1988 Kramer introduced Ferrington Signature models which were supposed to be made by Danny Ferrington himself in the U.S., or at least under his supervision. By 1987 some plainer KFS-2 and KFT-2 models were introduced, mainly without neck binding and with dot inlays. The necks were bolted on and featured a variety of headstock shapes and fingerboard inlays that evolved over the life of the line. They had a transducer pickup under the saddle with volume and tone controls. Kramer Ferringtons had very lightweight bodies and came in black, white, red, and sunburst. It didn’t sell well, so you’re likely to find copies still available and should pick one up for your library.
That book, by the way, was asymmetrically shaped and beautiful. Ferrington when reviewing a book on his guitars that came out in 1992. I’m not sure whether Ferrington made the Strat- and Tele-shaped designs before hooking up with Kramer or not, but he designed these, the KFS-1 and KFT-1, for Kramer and they debuted in 1986, made in Korea. Ferrington’s main thing was to design guitars with asymmetrical or unusual shapes. Rather, it was the last name of Danny Ferrington, somewhat of a celebrity luthier living in Nashville at the time who’d built guitars for a number of stars. Vintage 1986 Kramer Ferrington KFT-1 Acoustic-Electric Guitarįerrington was not a made up marketing name.
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