Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Cool, Vicious Little Guitar


Last weekend, I had the pleasure to spend the evening with another "blues wanderer." We swapped some stories and jammed together. I think I got the most out of it, because I'm not all that used to jamming with other folks. I think that's something I really need to do more of, especially to help my timing.

One thing that caught my imagination was his parlor sized Framus acoustic guitar. It's an older guitar manufactured in Germany and he had it set up to play slide. The tone and sound was raw (yet gentle) with a surprising amount of volume.

I did a little digging and found a photo of a guitar that' very similar, and it was referred to as a "Telles"... I checked on the Framus site and they have a great vintage online museum, but I couldn't find that exact guitar, but their "Wanderer" series seemed to be the closest match. You can see that page here.

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