Framus Guitars

[Gila_Crisis]

Hi,
this week i surfed on the net and finded the site of Framus guitar, they seam well built, the Diablo Custom is really cool and got some pro:
- seymour duncan pu (JB, SSL1, hot Rail)
- is avaible left handed without overcosts.
- locking tuners

now i play mainly metal/crossover (think about deftones, crisis, isis, soulfly, static-x, etc...) and all in between (blues, reggea, rock, etc....).
have someone ever tryed them? would they suit well to the music style i play?

i see the diablo pro is built with swamp ash body with maple top, pro and cons? (i looked on harmony central and someone writed it's warmer than a strat and not muddy as a les paul)

 

[3th3r]

Re: Framus Guitars

A few years back, I bought a Diablo Custom in Cherry Burst and had it for a short while. I fell in love with the Ovangkol neck, which was super smooth and perfectly rounded, similar to wax-and-oil finished Rosewood neck from Music Man.

Unfortunately it weighed a million pounds -- OK, probably more like 10 pounds -- and it sounded like it was made of granite. It was tinny, non-resonant, non-harmonic.

I ended up selling it. (This doesn't mean every Framus will be bad.)

 

[claydots]

Re: Framus Guitars

Framus has been around for a long time and some of their vintage stuff is really good. I used to have a 335 style 12 string made by Framus, it was cool.

If I remember right, Lennon used a Framus acoustic on "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: Framus Guitars

I've played one a few month ago. Well built and it had the sweetest notch position tone I've heard for a long while. I'm in love with the Hot Rails neck and SSL middle combination ever since. The JB was a little brittle for this one though... don't have any idea what gear the bands you've listed use or how they sound so I can't help you here - but the guitar is solid and very playable.

The "darker then a Strat" thing is BS. There are so many Strats that you need to ask what Strat did he compared it to...

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: Framus Guitars

Framus is in essence Warwick's guitars. They're both the same company.

I once played the Streetwalker, nice feeling "Kelly" style guitar but I wasn't really impressed with its' sound, granted though, it gave the STRONG feeling of just being a "bad apple" so I say, try a couple and see.