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Framus Streetwalker review
Before I left for tour Framus had sent me one of thier newer guitars, something pretty metal for Framus, Its called a "streetwalker". Not wanting to take some new random guitar on tour(besides my Caparisons might get mad!) I figured id check it out when I got back. First off it looks a lot cooler in person than in the pics I had seen and right off the bat I could tell the craftsman ship was awesome, very solid and tight which I would hope as Framus guitars are all for the most part hand-made(the same company and factory as warwick). This is really easy to see in the neck, it plays awesome, the neck wood is ovangkol and its left natural which feels great. The fret work is just as good as well. The body has good weight to it being its basswood. The pickup set-up is pretty unique, it looks like there is a humbucker in the neck but its actuallly two single coils that you can choose between with the push-pull voulume, a Hotrails or a SSL-5 (both Seymour Duncan). It has a Pearly Gates in the bridge position that cuts through and distorts nice. All the hardware is Framus which is made by Schaller so it all seems tough as nails. All and all id have to say this guitars rips! Im still not sure how I feel about the look of it (the body style) but it plays and sounds awesome and its made me decide to have them build me something Custom Shop because if a factory guitar is this well built then im sold.
http://www.music-town.de/onlineshop...twalker_big.jpg
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2005-10-23, 17:39
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i dont like the lok of it rilli, it looks like so many other guitars, but just a lil different 
but i assume u got it for free, so 
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2005-10-23, 18:34
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interesting post...but i dont dig the looks either
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2005-10-24, 17:17
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shit, that guitar looks sweeeet
do those 2 singles work as a humbucker or do they only work seperately
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2005-10-24, 17:28
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shit, that guitar looks sweeeet
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They work one or the other, the Hotrail is a basically a stacked humbucker and the other is more vintage sounding.
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2005-10-24, 20:08
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awesome, so do you get to keep the guitar?
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2005-10-24, 20:52
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That looks a pretty neat guitar, may see if i can try one out sometime, the single/humbucker idea is quite clever 
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2005-10-24, 20:57
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hmm, it looks nice. the doule single PU's is a smart idea, but it looks realy ugly and out of place 
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2005-10-24, 23:16
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did you have to write all that inorder to get guitar?
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2005-10-25, 01:29
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2005-10-25, 02:16
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Before I left for tour Framus had sent me one of thier newer guitars, something pretty metal for Framus, Its called a "streetwalker". Not wanting to take some new random guitar on tour(besides my Caparisons might get mad!) I figured id check it out when I got back. First off it looks a lot cooler in person than in the pics I had seen and right off the bat I could tell the craftsman ship was awesome, very solid and tight which I would hope as Framus guitars are all for the most part hand-made(the same company and factory as warwick). This is really easy to see in the neck, it plays awesome, the neck wood is ovangkol and its left natural which feels great. The fret work is just as good as well. The body has good weight to it being its basswood. The pickup set-up is pretty unique, it looks like there is a humbucker in the neck but its actuallly two single coils that you can choose between with the push-pull voulume, a Hotrails or a SSL-5 (both Seymour Duncan). It has a Pearly Gates in the bridge position that cuts through and distorts nice. All the hardware is Framus which is made by Schaller so it all seems tough as nails. All and all id have to say this guitars rips! Im still not sure how I feel about the look of it (the body style) but it plays and sounds awesome and its made me decide to have them build me something Custom Shop because if a factory guitar is this well built then im sold.
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2005-10-25, 02:42
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2005-10-25, 04:19
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looks like a curvy jackson kelly
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2005-10-25, 06:16
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I think the curvyness looks sexy.  I just don't like how the neck pickups look
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2005-10-25, 19:27
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did you have to write all that inorder to get guitar?
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No, I just wrote it after the fact just to give a heads up to people here, it wasnt a plug, more of public service...if I thought it was crap I would have posted it on here too.
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2005-10-25, 19:28
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awesome, so do you get to keep the guitar?
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Yeah.
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2005-10-25, 19:30
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I said the same thing when I got it. Its crazy, the neck actually bolts on on the front and the back, from both direction. two screws on the back of the guitar and two under the neck pickup. it works well, feels like a set neck.
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Looks like a retarted Jackson Kelly or BCR Mockingbird to me... but it's interesting. Those frets look wide as hell... What's the price tag on it? It seems to me that it might be ridiculously high...
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2005-10-25, 21:45
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Its about 800 euros/£500 or so i believe.
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2005-10-25, 23:28
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What band are you in?.. Did they send it to you for free?...
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2005-10-26, 03:30
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yes, it was free, because im endorsed by Framus. I play guitar in THE ABSENCE.
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