Which came first - Kramer Autograph or Kramer Pro Staff?

MAXXply

Hall of Fame
I assume it's the former but can any old-skoolers confirm: which stick came first - the Wilson Kramer Autograph or the Kramer Pro Staff...?
What were these rackets approximate years of production?
I've got one of each and the JK Staff seems ever-so-slightly thinner and lighter. Were they meant to be structurally different?
Bill Scanlon reputedly said they were one and the same racket (?), just different PJs.
So was the Staff's raison d'etre mainly a 70's sales ploy to market a "premium" stick ?

BTW I once saw a Kramer-signature Slazenger racket, apparently sold in post-war Australia where Wilson didn't have a presence at the time.
 

Ed Lee

Rookie
Kramer Racquets

I am quite certain that the Wilson Jack Kramer Autograph preceded the Pro Staff model by quite some time.
 
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