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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2014, 02:03:31 AM »
Great!!!

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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2014, 08:55:53 PM »
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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2014, 03:01:33 PM »
You've got the Wyman stance down pat.   :)

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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2014, 02:16:53 AM »
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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2014, 01:53:17 PM »
So Mark, after having the Star Reissue after almost a year now are you using it on anything else besides Stones band stuff?  I had one years and years ago and recall it sounding pretty much close to a double bass at the time, except the electronics were not up to par. I saw a kids band the other day where the bass player had one. He was playing itnthrough a guitar amp and it had roundwounds(!). When their gig was over I asked him if I could check it out and he obliged.  Well it felt nice and light ( a true hollowbody) and the electronics and variables associated with them seemed to be pretty good. However with the RW's and guitar amp I could not really comment furthur on it.  What about your update?

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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2014, 04:43:14 PM »
So Mark, after having the Star Reissue after almost a year now are you using it on anything else besides Stones band stuff?  I had one years and years ago and recall it sounding pretty much close to a double bass at the time, except the electronics were not up to par. I saw a kids band the other day where the bass player had one. He was playing itnthrough a guitar amp and it had roundwounds(!). When their gig was over I asked him if I could check it out and he obliged.  Well it felt nice and light ( a true hollowbody) and the electronics and variables associated with them seemed to be pretty good. However with the RW's and guitar amp I could not really comment furthur on it.  What about your update?

No, I've only used this in the Stones tribute show so far, which are roughly 75% of my gigs.  It definitely doesn't sound close to a double bass - there are quite a wide range of tones in these pickups .. quite zingy if I needed it to be.  This bass is partial to feeding back depending on where I'm standing - I've got to be quite careful on loud stages to make sure I have all strings muted when I'm not playing anything otherwise she takes off in a big way.  Other than that, it's a well made bass with a great neck, and it does look fantastic.  I'm not sure I'd like to play the Framus in a rock band where I'm jumping around on stage, but it would probably work fine for a sedate wedding band type of gig or something folky.



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Re: Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2014, 02:32:06 PM »
Thanks Mark.  Yes i forgot to mention about the feed back aspect. The thing was alive!