This is a refreshed older thread. I wonder if Rustic Rebel was describing the Framus Parlor Guitar. I picked one up this last weekend and it's a lovely thing, valuable or not. Resonant, nicely proportioned, and good looking mix of mahogany and spruce with a rosewood fingerboard. Nothing heavy or field hockeyish about it at all!

I read through the few Framus threads I could find here at Mudcat as well as finding bits and pieces of information via Google , eBay, German sites (harvesting as much info as I could translate), etc. but still don't feel I've gotten sufficient information.

Anyone out there have a Framus parlor guitar that they like? What strings would be best? The present three remaining steel strings are much too heavy for it. I wondered if it'd do better with nylon. It needs replacement tuners as well.

maeve