Product: Framus Strato de Luxe 12-string
Price Paid: 700 (?) used
Submitted
03/28/2005
at
10:17pm
by
paakja-c
Features
:
8
Made in Germany -66. Solid body. 21 frets, with 0-fret. 1 vol, 2 tone, 1 silencer pots, 4 pcs 2-way switches for pickups. 2 single-coil pickups(original), vibrato and string-damper. Woods I don't know, heavy. Sunburst color with vey fine outfit. Looks little like jazzmaster. Huge pickguard(brown/gold). Gig bag is lousy.
Sound
:
9
Sounds great while playing 60's music and country-like music. On rock'n'roll I wouldn't touch this. Perhaps Led's Stairway to Heaven? I have to try. 12-string guitar sounds allways good alone with no effect between amp. More pedals, lousier it goes. I like this tone (12 string whatsoever).
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
Looks absolutely fabulous. Only thing which might have done better is tuners. You'll have to do wiring and setting strings quite often. It last long enough to do the gig, but whenever you take it from a stand, you have to do all over again. Tuners are poor. Other things work as -60 should...
Reliability/Durability
:
8
Have done so far good. I would not go to gig without any backup, but until now I haven't needed any changes. 40 years old is still 40 years old
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No idea.
Overall Rating
:
9
I've been playing 30 years and I have always had 12-string guitar. I must say, there is something special of those instruments. And you won't need any chorus to sound great. If this guitar were stolen I'd propably buy Ovation or some other 12-string(I won't find Framus 12-string anymore). This is unique.
