Anyone here familiar with Framus amps?
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Razorjack
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James uses them. He has a cobra half-stack, I also think I remember reading somewhere (maybe his own forum) that he's getting a dragon soon too.
A lot of the newer metal bands have used/are using them too, they have a really nice sound.
A lot of the newer metal bands have used/are using them too, they have a really nice sound.
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DIOBOLIC5150 said:
Actually, yeah, long time ago when I was posting on Guitar Geek, most people were talking marvels about Framus amps. They said that they sounded better than ENGL's specially for metal, very aggressive and precise, lots and lots of gain. Here are some sound samples:
SAMPLES
note: most samples are from ENGL's, but there are like 6 or 5 samples from a Framus (mostly Cobras and a couple Dragons). This page is great 'cause they do play thrash/death metal clips with the amps.
Cool. Thanks guys. They've approached one my my bands about an endorsement deal and wanted to make sure they weren't going to end up with stuff they couldn't use.
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yeah.. i have a Framus Cobra half-stack currently and i love it. Waiting for a Dragon half-stack to arrive.
kaomao
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They sound very good, heard them live when last year Overkill came here with Seven Witches!
Last but not least their prices aren't too much expensive!
1349 dragon head and 1449 cobra head, here in milan!
MAurizio
Last but not least their prices aren't too much expensive!
1349 dragon head and 1449 cobra head, here in milan!
MAurizio
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How does one pronounce Framus?
Similar to how one would pronounce the word 'Famous'?
Or something frenchie like 'Framoouch'?
Similar to how one would pronounce the word 'Famous'?
Or something frenchie like 'Framoouch'?
kaomao
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Nitronium Blood said:How does one pronounce Framus?
Similar to how one would pronounce the word 'Famous'?
Or something frenchie like 'Framoouch'?
They're from germany then I think is like "famous"
Maurizio
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well..i guess germans would pronounce it frah-moos , with the accent on the first syllable :Smug:
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prowlergrig said:
Yeah that's how we pronounce it.
When I was looking for another amp for my studio, I tested everything possible. Now I use a Dual Recto and an Engl Fireball mostly.
I tried the Cobra and I was shocked how deeply it sucked. Fizzy and toneless. Very new metal strange thing. It was through a cobra cab also. Sorry to say that, but every other hi gain tube amp I tested (even the Laneys) were better.
Perhaps the tubes were bad or something.
Frams guitars by the way are lovely. They have a good Les Paul type model.
Ermz
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The samples on the rocksolidamp.com site leave me pretty optimistic about these things. How would you all say that they stack up against Mesa/Krank/ENGL/Peavey etc.? Basically, the big metal amps.
i like to think i'm not very partial to shitty sounding amps... and my experience was 180 degrees opposite of yours. something is wrong with this picture somewhere... perhaps, as you said, the tubes were bad.TheSweetener said:
new metal sounding?... bizarre indeed.. and haven't we hashed that one out over Rectifiers before? did you try the cobra set on "6"?
My brother has a Laney tube head that my cobra just craps all over (sorry stephen!).
TheSweetener
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Yeah, perhaps there's something wrong with the amp I played. Because it was not a "taste issue" it was quite objectively horrible.
I also had the Dragon and the Santana combo here in the studio once and they were both fine for what they do.
I also had the Dragon and the Santana combo here in the studio once and they were both fine for what they do.
