Pawn Shop Crawl - Vintage Framus Edition

[Kelly]

I found a Framus Texan 5/296 at a pawn shop for $60. They apparently go for 3-400 on the secondhand market. It isn't in great condition which would negatively affect any price I got flipping it but that's not my immediate plan anyway.

 

[telecaster911]

Cool find

 

[Gary Blanchard]

That is a cool guitar for that price. Congrats.

 

[Bob411]

HNGD

 

[mikesr1963]

:barney:

 

[Kelly]

That is a cool guitar for that price. Congrats.

It really is! Needs some setup work though. Gonna take it to a guy that me and PunkKitty like and let him deal with it as the neck relief is bonkers!

 

[Rick 381]

Mine,

Paid $150 for mine.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Cool!

Good score.

 

[gtrjunior]

Congrats! It doesn't look like it has any structural damage...

 

[LeftyTom]

HNAGD!

 

[Kelly]

Congrats! It doesn't look like it has any structural damage...

To the contrary, it's in mighty fine shape. Neck needs a major relief adjustment and the tuners could use some oil like a man in the desert needs water but overall it's pretty good.

 

[Modern Saint]

Nice!!!

HNUAGD

 

[jaxn slim]

Jawohl! That's a cool-looking guit!

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Those old 12-strings weren't built for the neck tension. Many of the old guys kept them tuned down to D or C and used a capo to bring it to standard tuning. That helped prevent the neck from bowing and the body from pulling up. I still tend to do that with a 12-string, even though the newer ones have better neck support and bracing.

 

[Knox in Box]

Cool, my brother-in-law might have helped make that. HNGD

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

I reset the neck on a 12 str Framus once, with the help of TerryAllenHall(rip).
Weird bolt on neck attachment system.
Neck was some sort of multi lamanate plywood, kinda bendy.
Not to hard to shim but the results weren't all that stable.
Still I got it playable but advised the guy to keep it tuned down to Eb or D because it seemed to want to fly apart at standdard tension.

 

[Lerxst]

neat

 

[Denverdave]

Great find!

 

[Kelly]

Those old 12-strings weren't built for the neck tension. Many of the old guys kept them tuned down to D or C and used a capo to bring it to standard tuning. That helped prevent the neck from bowing and the body from pulling up. I still tend to do that with a 12-string, even though the newer ones have better neck support and bracing.

I'm honestly considering just stringing it up as a 6 and leaving it thus.

12 strings are cool until I sit down with one for more than 5 minutes and get bored.

 

[xStonr]

Nice find.