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11-24-2008, 02:24 PM
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Can be very cool. No huge value (except for a few models) but if it's cheap, they are cool!
This one has a painted on F hole btw 
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11-24-2008, 03:14 PM
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I too only know about the current models. They're very solid and can be had at super prices in the US as it seems nobody but me an a few others buy them.
I think Framus has always been a high end manufacturer. I don't think it ever had a Epiphone or Squire or MIK line or the like so the guitar if in nice shape should sound/play nice.
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11-24-2008, 03:45 PM
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Framus used to be the second-best manufacturer in Germany, after Hofner. They were probably better than anything else in Europe except Hofner and Burns. Not as nice as a high-end American maker from the same time, but they made solid guitars which are available nowadays for reasonable prices. If it's in really good condition, $500 might not be unreasonable.
The new ones are made in Asia (I think Korea) and are really budget guitars.
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11-24-2008, 04:14 PM
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No the new Framus guitars are made in the Warwick factory in Germany and are not budget guitars in any way.
Here is a photo of the factory in Markneukirchen http://www.framus.de/modules/start/start.php
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11-24-2008, 05:34 PM
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Wow, they all drive the same car...except one, he must be the Foreman!
 Actually, I think the 12-string Lennon used on "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" was a Framus.
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11-24-2008, 06:05 PM
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I own a 1967 Framus Golden Television. Way cool. I paid $500 for it. It looks like this one:
http://www.framus-vintage.de/modules...tID=4627&cl=EN
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11-24-2008, 07:15 PM
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Sorry, it appears I was wrong. I must have been confusing Framus with some other brand with regards to their country of manufacture.
The new ones certainly feel like budget guitars to me, though.
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