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Post by factorychef on Apr 17, 2010 8:41:37 GMT -5
Went to Stars last week and Jim handed me a guitar. Man, I went blank on playing. It bugged me all week and I went back yesterday. Jim had a sale to ring up and said he was going to lunch. He handed me his best CS guitar and said he'd be back in 30 minutes. He locked the door and I went at it. When he came back he gave me a fingering and barre chord lesson. It's amazing what a few minute lesson can do for you. So, I got over that hump. Maybe there's hope for me yet.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2010 9:12:31 GMT -5
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Post by factorychef on Apr 17, 2010 9:17:40 GMT -5
I can't tell. I don't know' When we get together at Ijam I have an old Framus to show you and get any info I can on it.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2010 9:21:39 GMT -5
Wiki
Framus is a German guitar, bass, lap steel guitars and banjo manufacturing company, that existed from 1946 until going bankrupt in 1975. The Framus brand was revived in 1995 as part of Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG in Markneukirchen (Germany).
Timeline
1946: The foundation of 'Franconian Musical Instruments by Fred A. Wilfer KG' in Erlangen, Germany to help resettle luthiers displaced from Schönbach/Sudetenland.
1954: A larger factory is built in Bubenreuth, Germany to house the 300-strong workforce.
1967: Further expansion sees the building of a second facility in Pretzfeld, Germany.
1975: The rapidly changing market forces the company into bankruptcy.
1995: Framus musical instruments enter into production under Warwick GmbH & Co.
I saw a Framus hanging on the wall at Rock-n-Roll Vintage that tempted me sorely. It was a maroon sunburst plywood archtop with cool sounding D'Armonds.
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Post by Don Clark on Apr 17, 2010 9:27:40 GMT -5
Bob.....have a bit of patience. I'm sure there is hope for you.
My brother Rick's first guitar (the one that started it all for me) was a late 50's Gibson electric. My other brother Bill thought he'd try it too, and he found him the ugliest puke-pink Framus. It played pretty well, but very much not the looker.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 17, 2010 10:49:03 GMT -5
Did you unlock the door for Jim when he came back?
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Post by Dub on Apr 17, 2010 11:06:03 GMT -5
I thought perhaps folks might like to see (or remember) Stars Guitars. I put some pics up on the Web HERE. - Dub |
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Post by Marshall on Apr 17, 2010 11:15:47 GMT -5
I think that's when I bought my Schertler David. I was in danger of buying a guitar too.
S C A R Y place !
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