gitarzan
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My wife's aunt must like me. Last night she gave me a 1963 Framus Tenor.
It's in nice condition. My wife's late uncle used to play it all the time, and according to her aunt, he bought in Germany and wooed her with it (she's a German immigrant).
I was showing her a few pictures on my phone and she saw a picture of my new Lanikai LQA-C. "Oh! Is that a guitar" "No, it's my ukulele." "Steve had two, let me show you!" and she went to a closet and a pulled out two tenors. The Framus, and another possbily older Harmony. I played them both.
The Framus sounded beautiful. I tuned it about 2 tones low, I didn't feel like cranking up those old strings to GCEA. Also, back then, modern tuning wasn't always the norm. I also played the Harmony, Wow, it was bassy, but did not have the woody nuance of that old solid spruce top Framus.
Anyway, I listened to, and enjoyed her stories of Uncle Steve and the ukes, and offered to teach her a few chords so she could play. She said no, then said, "I want you to have one. Why don't you take the German one?" I was floored.
Here's some crappy cell phone pics:
It has two wound strings and two clear nylon.
I'm looking around for the same. Aquila has them. I'll see who else makes them as well.
It's in nice condition. My wife's late uncle used to play it all the time, and according to her aunt, he bought in Germany and wooed her with it (she's a German immigrant).
I was showing her a few pictures on my phone and she saw a picture of my new Lanikai LQA-C. "Oh! Is that a guitar" "No, it's my ukulele." "Steve had two, let me show you!" and she went to a closet and a pulled out two tenors. The Framus, and another possbily older Harmony. I played them both.
The Framus sounded beautiful. I tuned it about 2 tones low, I didn't feel like cranking up those old strings to GCEA. Also, back then, modern tuning wasn't always the norm. I also played the Harmony, Wow, it was bassy, but did not have the woody nuance of that old solid spruce top Framus.
Anyway, I listened to, and enjoyed her stories of Uncle Steve and the ukes, and offered to teach her a few chords so she could play. She said no, then said, "I want you to have one. Why don't you take the German one?" I was floored.
Here's some crappy cell phone pics:
It has two wound strings and two clear nylon.
I'm looking around for the same. Aquila has them. I'll see who else makes them as well.