Incoming: Framus 5/150 reissue

Chris P. · February 24, 2014, 02:03:31 AM

Great!!!

Aussie Mark · July 30, 2014, 09:55:53 PM

Dave W · July 31, 2014, 04:01:33 PM

You've got the Wyman stance down pat.

Chris P. · August 01, 2014, 03:16:53 AM

Cool!

copacetic · October 03, 2014, 02:53:17 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?

Aussie Mark · October 06, 2014, 05:43:14 PM

Quote from: copacetic on October 03, 2014, 02:53:17 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?

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.

copacetic · October 07, 2014, 03:32:06 PM

Thanks Mark. Yes i forgot to mention about the feed back aspect. The thing was alive!