War_in_D
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Got someone wanting to trade me a Framus Dragon half stack. I'm familiar with the brand, but never heard one in person. Anyone with any experience with them?
RaceU4her
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I remember them popular in the hcaf days, never hear about them anymore though
stratjacket
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I had one about 12-15years ago, not sure. Had it for a few years. I really liked it. Takes pedals well to make it go chugga chugga but can clean up to nice cleans. I really enjoyed it. I had an Engl Fireball and Diamond Nitro at the time and I played the Dragon way more. Way under valued amps in my opinion that never really took off.
I don't know what you're offered on trade so can't speak to that. but the Framus Dragon is a cool amp.
I don't know what you're offered on trade so can't speak to that. but the Framus Dragon is a cool amp.
napalmdeath
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I think Killswitch Engage used those for a bit.
If it was clean, and works out in your favor, snag it. I heard great tones from them back in those HCAF days, I'd love to try one. I played a Cobra at a GC once, and it sounded pretty killer, (but had some issues that were probably tubes).
If it was clean, and works out in your favor, snag it. I heard great tones from them back in those HCAF days, I'd love to try one. I played a Cobra at a GC once, and it sounded pretty killer, (but had some issues that were probably tubes).
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itsgoodnow
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It’s the end of heartache tone. Rose of Sharyn was a cobra.
The dragon has more Marshall qualities. The cobra is a slo clone. I had a dragon I had Jerry from FJA convert into a cobra with mods. They’re cool but had reliability issues. Also tone was heavily affected by the effect loop position.
Pair the dragon with a ts9 and it rocks
The dragon has more Marshall qualities. The cobra is a slo clone. I had a dragon I had Jerry from FJA convert into a cobra with mods. They’re cool but had reliability issues. Also tone was heavily affected by the effect loop position.
Pair the dragon with a ts9 and it rocks
Erock
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I had a Cobra with the matching greenback cab, and thought it sounded great. It could breath fire dialed with a boost. The insides looked like a printer though, and you could wipe off the silk screen by looking at it wrong.
edit: the Cobra, courtesy of HCAF.
edit: the Cobra, courtesy of HCAF.
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War_in_D
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Thanks for all the input, I think I'm going to pass on the trade offer.
Smash
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No matter how good an amp sounds, if there is a ribon connector and or molex connectors, it is a hard no
ners
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I briefly looked into one and my TLDR is that they're poorly built tweaked SLOs.
If that's the tone you're after there are better options, like a Mezzabarbera or something
If that's the tone you're after there are better options, like a Mezzabarbera or something
skoora
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That is going to be almost any high gain, multi channel head made today.
rottingcorpse
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The loops on the Framus cobra and dragon absolutely suck balls. I had both at the beginning of my "high gain" amp quest in 2007 or so. They both sounded good, but they were made of glass and broke easily. No bueno.
PurityS.L.G
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Yeah Framus has KSE to thank for their short lived popularity for sure! I’ve owned V2 without ext bias and V3 w/ ext bias of both the Dragon and Cobra. The Dragon is like a drier grainier JCM800 with enormous low end. The Cobra was a super tight dry SLO/Recto. Both needed channel volume cranked and a boost to sound their best. Those were fun amps at the time but they were not reliable at all.
I own a Dragon 412 cab and it sounds fantastic. I recommend grabbing one for cheap if you ever have the opportunity.
I own a Dragon 412 cab and it sounds fantastic. I recommend grabbing one for cheap if you ever have the opportunity.
Smash
Hack
I dont do channel changers. So no big deal