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Thread #44424 Message #2812419
Posted By: GUEST
15-Jan-10 - 04:52 AM
Thread Name: help with info about a Framus guitar
Subject: RE: help with info about a Framus guitar
Hi, here's some more Info on the OP's little guitar. The Model "Sport" was a so called "Wandergitarre", i.e. a small, inexpensive guitar meant to take along on the road etc.. The "Sport" was built from the early 50ies to mid 70ies, check out some pics under this link to the Framus vintage pages: http://www.framus-vintage.de/modules/modells/instruments.php?katID=4667&instrumentID=3864&modellID=1372&cl=DE
Small-bodied Framus steel string guitars such as this one are relatively sought after (but prices are moderate) as an alternative to "real" parlour guitars, also often set up for sliding, i.e. with a higher action which many of the older guitars have anyway due to the lack of truss-rods. German Ebay has some of them on and off, I saw quite a few while looking for a parlour-type guitar, mostly quite cheap ...