stanguy
New Member
And now for something a bit different... (aka, not your usual superstrat body)
I received a few weeks ago my Framus Panthera 7. It has a LP-style carved mahogany body, a "nirvana black" oil finish (which appears brownish on most pictures on the net but really is closer to black most of the time). I don't have a previous experience with other 7-string guitars, so I would only say that the neck is wide but not as much as I feared it could be and it is a bit flatter than a LP neck, which makes it quite comfortable nonetheless. Anyway, this isn't a shredder's guitar with its 25.5" scale length and 22 medium frets (don't try to play over the 19th fret, even though the joint neck access is nice).
The pickups are Seymour Duncan Blackouts and I really love the resulting sound, warm and powerful, with a great sustain. The middle switch position is amazingly twangy.
Other goodies are framus locking machineheads and warwick security locks.
Currently only have a pair of pictures (that I'm happy with) to show. Here you can see how brownish it can look:
While it appears closer to black there:
It sounds good, it looks good, it feels good and I love it. (my reference axes are a JP6 and a Gibson LP Studio, if you wonder...). The only thing I would want to change is the pickup switch which is a just bit smaller than how I'd like it to be.
Cheers!
I received a few weeks ago my Framus Panthera 7. It has a LP-style carved mahogany body, a "nirvana black" oil finish (which appears brownish on most pictures on the net but really is closer to black most of the time). I don't have a previous experience with other 7-string guitars, so I would only say that the neck is wide but not as much as I feared it could be and it is a bit flatter than a LP neck, which makes it quite comfortable nonetheless. Anyway, this isn't a shredder's guitar with its 25.5" scale length and 22 medium frets (don't try to play over the 19th fret, even though the joint neck access is nice).
The pickups are Seymour Duncan Blackouts and I really love the resulting sound, warm and powerful, with a great sustain. The middle switch position is amazingly twangy.
Other goodies are framus locking machineheads and warwick security locks.
Currently only have a pair of pictures (that I'm happy with) to show. Here you can see how brownish it can look:
![4782898344_801e7b56ac.jpg](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4782898344_801e7b56ac.jpg)
While it appears closer to black there:
![4782903734_e2b47be885_z.jpg](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4782903734_e2b47be885_z.jpg)
It sounds good, it looks good, it feels good and I love it. (my reference axes are a JP6 and a Gibson LP Studio, if you wonder...). The only thing I would want to change is the pickup switch which is a just bit smaller than how I'd like it to be.
Cheers!