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Yes, it was only after this bowlback caught my eye, I researched Framus and found they'd made inexpensive guitars and other strings, including Paul McCartney's (possibly) first? bass. And then I...

Thanks Mike for the quick response, and sorry for my slow addition of photos. I don't quite have the hang of this site and didn't see you'd responded.
Credit the Hondo for full-blown post-pandemic...

I appreciate the supply source info! May come in handy even if not for this Framus.

Thanks, but I think I was overly optimistic even about the fingerboard. I was just exploring more to provide some more detail: slipped a 2 mil feeler gauge into the gap and I could move it around...

I bought a 1964 Framus bowlback mandolin quite inexpensively, knowing the neck was detaching, thinking I wasn't risking much by trying to reset it.
Does anyone have experience with these or any...

Rest in peace, now making celestial waves....

Jim, let's see if the quote sticks this time...
I don't recall how a search for some songs led me to your post of the New York Herald news clip, but that's what I sent to the Library of Congress...

Trying to locate the original article in the New York Herald wasn't successful, but a query to the Library of Congress' Music Division Reference Librarian led to a different article, from 1894,...

To this local Goodwill's credit, I also notified them following Jim's prompt, providing them the real Gibson A4 with the claimed serial no. and they replied that they'd ended the auction.
They also...

Just adding Gibson lump, Gibson A4 Mandolin-Serial #4429 ( http://www.mandolinarchive.com/gibson/serial/4429 ) and Regal reverse scroll into the thread to help other keyword searchers.

Update: I reached out to the Framus Vintage Archive ( https://www.framus-vintage.de/ ) via the contact link and received a most gracious and quick response from Hans-Peter Wilfer, son of founder Fred...

Update for future explorers ... I reached out to the Framus Vintage Archive ( https://www.framus-vintage.de/ ) via their contact link and received a most gracious and quick response from Hans-Peter...

I just bought a known Framus "wall hanger" online, knowingly, as I've seen these described, because it just makes me smile, knowing the pickguard flowers are Edelweiss, and it's got the gold Framus...

Just for future explorers' info, thought I'd document another Framus ship's sailing in over the horizon-with full appreciative knowledge of all the above comments, I purchased this eidelweiss-adorned...

Long shot after 16years, but I just got a used Hondo HMAN-30 mandolin and am trying to figure out what the original saddles were that came on these Hondo's.
Can't see any of the photos above, so...

New to mandolin, with new used (70's vintage?) Hondo HMAN30, there's no buzzing and only the G string needs intonation correction, but the action is high. So I'm trying my hand at setup, following...

New to mandolin, with new used (70's vintage?) Hondo HMAN30, I'm trying to follow Rob Meldrum's detailed setup instruction manual. Only I ran into a question after sanding the base of the saddle,...

New to mandolin, with new used (70's vintage?) Hondo HMAN30, I'm trying to follow Rob Meldrum's detailed setup instruction manual. Only I ran into a question after sanding the base of the saddle,...

With Rob's terrific setup manual, I assembled all the recommended tools and started following the setup on my new used 70"s? vintage Hondo HMAN-30 mandolin. It sounds okay, but for some intonation...