jdgm Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Hello to all I found this site - The Framus Vintage Archive, lots of pics & info and very interesting; http://www.framus-vintage.de/ They made some good guitars, I remember a friend had a black semi which was an exceptional player. The 50s styling is interesting too....I may be fooling myself but I think I see the European touch there! Anyone ever had a Framus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I played a Framus borrowed from a good friend, back in the early days of my garage band (1975-ish). It was a tobacco sunburst solid body, and had many of the features of a Strat, but with beveled edges. Good memories!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 pretty cool site, and they are still making what looks to be very good guitars. My first guitar instructor had one, I Was like 9 at the time, it was some sort of arch top. I thought it was the most uncool thing I'd ever seen! (understandable in the era of hendrix, the stones, beatles...) ahh the things we learn as we age.. I saw him perform at a local community concert many years later, seemed like he was playing the same framus he played during the lessons. real good jazz player, and a kind old fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I've owned many Framii and I will likely again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromnabulax Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Never have played one, but I saw one of my all time favorite guitar guys DeWayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight playing one up close a couple of times. It's a mighty sweet looking, and sounding guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splake Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Their vintage acoustics have a rockin look and they are very reasonable $250- $600. I have been pondering rolling the dice and buying one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-RAM Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 A Framus Texan was my very first guitar and what I learned to play on, sometime in 1970, Nürnberg, Germany. Originally sunburst, I got the clever idea of stripping it to a natural finish some years later using a sander/polisher , thereby ruining the guitar's top. Skip ahead a few more years and I found a sunburst 12-string version in a pawnshop. This time, I did the job correctly, using Homer Formsby Furniture Refinisher. These guitars have bolt-on necks, so I now had a 'convertible' guitar, swappable from 6 to 12 string in minutes! Lots of metal hardware all over them, and I eventually took off as much as I could... both necks have zero frets, and the original is made from very thin wood laminate (side-to-side), making it super strong - I always thought more manufacturers would get on board with this idea. Oddly enough, the 12-string neck, which really NEEDS the strength, is plain two-piece maple. I put Grover Sta-Tites on the original neck (now on a Blueridge), and two sets of Schaller 3+3 Minis on the 12-string neck, really unnecessary 'upgrades'. The guitar is largely a personal keepsake, with lots of great memories... Don't really know anything about their modern electrics, save that they're PRICEY. $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Never have played one, but I saw one of my all time favorite guitar guys DeWayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight playing one up close a couple of times. It's a mighty sweet looking, and sounding guitar. He's cool ! Headhunters, Funkadelic and plays a great solo on Sonny Rollins 'Nucleus' album, played with H Hancock ('Flood'). A Framus Texan was my very first guitar and what I learned to play on, sometime in 1970, Nürnberg, Germany......The guitar is largely a personal keepsake, with lots of great memories... Don't really know anything about their modern electrics, save that they're PRICEY. $$$ Thanks - great story and pics. Interesting - the current Martin D12X1AE 12-string has a laminate neck. The electrics I remember seeing in shops were the solidbody Framus Nashville and (once or twice) a Jan Akkerman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Played this wonderful Framus 12 string archtop f-holed acoustic some time ago...... Should had bought it when I had the chance..... Havent seen one since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I love Phil Campbell's Welsh Dragon. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/TcNgUsV0EamV-7HxWuVuQE73FqZ71hQCYupOa-cjGeniEWINZqfGFiEk07c_WW8VFPiB7TOXWjqUjXO9kemrIo7X19JcT5EHN2mgigeHKB4S-GtjXNqJKkgsJYteSfenVTq-VUVUOrpsfcLPpPYxViuf6S8=w536-h275-nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 This is the type I remember seeing in music shops in the 70s; Framus Nashville (think this is a deluxe) with Bill Lawrence pups - headstock a bit similar to UK's Shergold guitars. I looked up the current range; as expensive as Gibson with some models quite PRS-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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