Verdictįramus might have some way to go to build its brand, but you can’t knock the quality and the reassuring sense of a very well-built, stable guitar that’s a definite stage friend. Unlike many ‘shapes’, the Idolmaker has very little to adjust to. As we said, the weight is good and, strapped on, the neck extends more than a Les Paul or Strat, but it doesn’t feel overlong like an SG. For us, it’s the mark of a good guitar design: the features don’t get in the way. It’s the sort of shape that ‘disappears’, likewise the classic 305mm (12-inch) radius fingerboard. That said, the pretty large jumbo frets (approximately 2.9mm by 1.2mm) do suggest a more modern aim, but in combination with an excellent neck shape (20.5mm in depth at the 1st fret and filling out to 23.5mm by the 12th) it’s not dissimilar to Gibson’s ’60s profile, for example, and it feels a little rounder and fuller than previous modern Framus guitars we’ve had in our hands.

The simple volume, tone and three-way selector means changes are fast, and it’s far from a one-trick pony. Conversely, in full coil mode we’d be tempted to add a treble bleed. The volume control is very well tapered and sweetens the high-end of that split JB very nicely. Not for the first time, we spent a lot of time in this split mode. Again, the coil-split can be over-bright, too, but not on this platform, and mixed with the JB’s split adds some welcome funk and bounce. he wants to sell them all together but i could prolly talk him into just the fender cuz thats all i really want, unless the framus is worth a sh*tload.The ’59 at the neck pulls back the bluster for a pretty classic neck voice, and whereas on a brighter-sounding chassis it can be a little too crisp, here it really suits. i thought it was a cheap piece of crap but i just found some of their new electrics on the net and they sell for 1000s.Īnyone know anything about the framus or the fender gemmini? im supposed to let him know my offer asap. it almost looks like a take piece of a bridge off of a les paul style guitar.

it also doesnt have a bridge on it and it has some kinda weird thing on the neck ive never seen before. they were painting flowers and all the hippy type sh*t all over it. whoever had it sanded the top down and started to repaint the thing but didnt get it finished.

i didnt think much of it cuz i thought it was junk. Hes got a bass that someone repainted and i cant tell what kind of bass it is or anything about it and a old fender gemmini III (black) (sold new for around 200ish i think)Īlso, he has a framus acoustic. I just talked to my uncle and he picked up some old guitars from an auction or garage sale or something and asked me if id be interested in them.

Old framus guitars