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Topic: You Want a Framus With 4 Necks? Well You're in Luck |
Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 5:14 pm |
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You like Weird Guitars? I found this on Reverb.
Only $1333.05.
I was going to buy it but that 5 cents put me over the top.
It would be fun to try to play but I don't think my arms are that long.
They said it may be one of a kind made by Framus in the 60's for Eddy Rothe.
It's in Amsterdam at the moment.
My little single neck 6 string Rick is looking kind of puny at the moment...
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 7:51 pm
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| Cool find, who would have thought... Framus. |
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David Knutson
From:
Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 9:25 pm
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Are my eyes going blurry or is that really an 8 and three 10s. 
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Paul Seager
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 11:37 pm
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I have an inexplicable fondness for Framus steels and own two lap steels including a combination guitar / steel. I had a S8 console with variable bridge levers and I thought that was about as quirky as it could get. It also weighed far more than it actually should have done, the pickup was weak on output and tone so I sold it. But this 38 string babe takes first prize in the quirky stakes! I kind of like her and I bet she weighs a ton!
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 4:11 am
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I had a triple neck Framus, picked it up in Erie music, Simcoe Ont., kept it a few years , too difficult and heavy to transport.
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 11:05 am
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What do those gangly levers do? Stacked wooden necks for different neck heights must weigh a ton! Unique axe...
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 3:12 pm
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John, they alter tuning of each string, giving multiple tunings on each neck. It weighed a ton, only took it out a few times, very difficult to carry. Never did get the hang of all the possible tunings.
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 3:43 pm
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I have enough trouble keeping up with two tunings, let alone having 4 necks that are all adjustable !! Don't wanna be jack of all tunings & master of none !  |
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David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2018 3:12 am
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| I think that was made for two players to play duets on. One of the players has to play left handed. |
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Andy Henriksen
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2018 5:00 am
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I usually MUCH prefer simple fretboards, with simple fret markers (not a fan of playing card pips, atomic diagrams, longhorn steers, roses, etc.) and straight up detest the curvy powerslide fretboards.
But I am strangely attracted to this one. 
Although...upon further review, I'm not sure I could play it, because it seems that the "markers" are not in the usual spots. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2018 5:27 am
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| Interesting rig, that one. I would hazard a guess that unless the body is constructed of balsa, you'd probably need either a lift truck or a crane to move it. Not to mention the arms of an NBA center to reach the outside neck(s). And as Andy noted, those fret-boards are downright weird. Would make an interesting wall hanger if you have cinder block walls. |
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Jon Seiff
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2018 2:19 pm
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| "You'll never be famous, playing a Framus"... can't remember who said it... |
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 8:11 am
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Weird guitars don't excite me a bit.[img]
I like only my Fender and most Rickenbackers.
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Thiel Hatt
From:
Utah, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 7:06 pm
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Here's one I sure like. Great tone, same string spacing as the standard pedal steel. Not eight string or ten string but triple nine string. The only one of these.
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 1:12 am
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Very nice Thiel!
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