Friday, August 12, 2011

Vintage FRAMUS Guitars

A nice collection of mid 60's Framus guitars from their website.

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  1. rick mcginnisAugust 12, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    No sustain, dodgy electronics that buzz and hum, necks like axe handles: what beautiful guitars.

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  2. gbcAugust 12, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    I've got a nice Golden Strato Deluxe that I bought in the early 80's for $100.00 sold it and then saw it on Queen street a few years ago and bought it back for $500.

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  3. UnknownAugust 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Rick, are you sure you're not confusing those with Teisco guitars? Framus stuff was generally OK...

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  4. GBCAugust 14, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    I agree with pistonping, Both Framus and Hagstrom were quite playable and good value until you could afford something better (Fender, Gibson etc.)

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  5. rick mcginnisAugust 14, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    I've tried a couple of Framus six strings that felt only marginally better than one of those Italian or E. European guitar nasties, but they might just have been in poor condition - comparing them to a Hagstrom from the same era is definitely a compliment; never played a Hagstrom that wasn't OK or better. Of course nowadays, with Fender and Gibson offering branded guitars from $300 to $3,000, the age of the cheap and cheerful foreign twanger seems to be over.

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  6. rick mcginnisAugust 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    But I wasn't being sarcastic by calling them beautiful - they did have an undeniable charm, which I fell for a couple of times, buying a Hofner hollowbody and some kind of Italian thing w/accordion push buttons and a twang bar that looked like auto surplus.

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  7. GBCAugust 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    They certainly had an excess of switches and buttons. I sold my Hagstom 8 string bass in the early 80's to upgrade to a "real" bass, a 1978 Music Man Stingray which I still have. I should have hung onto the Hagstrom but it just didn't have the sustain or resonance, plus a couple of dead spots on the neck.

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