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ENGLISH 6
Mahogany body with flamed maple top (solid body)
Mahogany is a dense and finely textured tone wood that in conjunction with a flamed maple top creates the basis for a
full-bodied tone and long sustain. This combination has been used for the last 50 years on most electric guitars with a
solid body, thus creating a standard for guitar construction thanks to its tonal characteristics. As far as assembly is con-
cerned, there is no difference between this option and the previous one with swamp ash body and flamed maple top.
Both have the same top wood thickness, same curvature, and same “book matching” feature.
Body with TCS™ (Tone Chamber System)
Next to their acoustic and semi-acoustic models, Framus also offers guitars with a tone chamber. The so-called TCS™
(short for Tone Chamber System) is the first step towards hollow-body construction. This system doesn’t need f-holes
and is used in models that are classified as solid body guitars. The body is then routed to give it a number of tone cham-
bers, which are later covered once the top is glued on. Not visible to the outside, this design has an audible conse-
quence: the resulting guitar tone has a quick response and a very transparent quality, and at the same time makes the
guitar a little lighter, which is one of the benefits of this system.
Semi-hollow bodies (semi-acoustic guitars)
This option utilizes basically the same process as previously described in the TCS™ system. The main difference lies in
the actual guitar design, namely the fact that instead of routing many chambers a complete cavity is created. The wood
beneath the pickups and the bridge is not touched and the final assembly of hardware components is done just like in
a solid body guitar: screwed in tightly. All Framus guitars’ tops that are built like this are book matched, a 2-piece com-
ponent that is, and carry f-holes. These reinforce the acoustic characteristics of such a construction design: guitar mo-
dels like the Tennessee and the Hollywood are a little big bigger body-wise, but not thicker. The end result is a more
free-vibrating top, which therefore influences the resonance behavior. These guitars are acoustically much louder, su-
stain longer when amplified, and are warmer and bigger sounding.
Laminated bodies (semi-acoustic guitars)
Laminated woods are manufactured with flamed maple veneers using a traditional and time-consuming process to bend
them into the desired shape. This manufacturing technique is specifically utilized with the semi-acoustic models May-
field Custom and Mayfield Pro. The body is completely hollow and 2 f-holes adorn its top. In order to mount the pickups
and the bridge in a way that resembles the solid body guitars, a so-called sustain block will be glued between the body
and the guitar’s top and will reach all the way from the neck’s heel to other end of the body. The block is made of ma-
hogany and is responsible for good sustain behavior and makes the guitar impervious to feedback. This construction me-
thod produces a powerful, full-fledged, warm tone in old tradition…Once upon a time…
Hollow-body (full-resonance guitars)
With a classic hollow-body and arched top the jazz guitars are arriving. Only proven tone woods are used in this cate-
gory, just like the traditional violin construction. Massive flamed maple and massive spruce are used for the body and
top respectively. The characteristic arch is obtained with the use of a wood-milling machine, after being caulked sym-
metrically (book matched). The sides use the same wood as the back to guarantee homogenous vibration properties in
the instrument – this is the main point in full-resonating guitars. The shapes are accomplished with time consuming ben-
ding procedures. Differences between each instrument are thus ruled out. With a Framus archtop guitar you get a co-
herent instrument where every little detail has been taken care of in best tradition. And don’t forget that the Framus
custom shop also offers different wood combinations for the guitar’s sides and back.
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- Construction p.2
- Owner manual for framus guitars p.2
- Outfitting p.2
- General information about framus guitars p.2
- Control elements p.2
- Instrument care and maintenance p.3
- Glossary p.3
- General specifications p.3
- Standard models p.4
- Philosophy p.4
- Introduction p.4
- General information about framus guitars p.4
- Custom shop p.4
- Swamp ash or basswood guitars solid body p.5
- Swamp ash body with flamed maple top solid body p.5
- Outfitting p.5
- Model overview p.5
- Body woods p.5
- Semi hollow bodies semi acoustic guitars p.6
- Mahogany body with flamed maple top solid body p.6
- Laminated bodies semi acoustic guitars p.6
- Hollow body full resonance guitars p.6
- Body with tcs tone chamber system p.6
- X x x x p.7
- English 7 p.7
- Ovangkol is a west african hardwood with the best tonal properties high density allows for stability and sound quality sustain and warmth shapes its character the outstanding sound properties of tiger stripe ebony are a result of its ex treme hardness and stiffness it gives the instrument a quick response and a finely illuminated sound picture over the whole frequency spectrum p.8
- Ovangkol and maple rosewood and tiger stripe ebony are the basis for our neck construction depending on the model any 2 of these 4 types of woods will be used which gives us the following combinations a table at the end of this chap ter describes the possibilities for each model p.8
- Neck woods p.8
- English 8 p.8
- Rosewood is basically the most used wood for fingerboards period it differs from ebony in its density and hardness p.8
- Ovankgol neck with tiger stripe ebony fingerboard p.8
- Ovangkol neck with rosewood fingerboard p.8
- Maple neck with tiger stripe ebony fingerboard p.9
- Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard p.9
- Maple neck with maple fingerboard one piece maple neck p.9
- It is a proven combination framus guitars that fall into the semi acoustic and full resonance categories benefit the most from a maple neck with a glued on tiger stripe ebony fingerboard combination the already full sounding guitars get an additional boost in attack and high frequencies that are necessary for a balanced sound picture the ebony fingerboard clearly underscores the tonal attributes and the high standard of these instruments p.9
- Framus pays also tribute to this tradition especially when it serves the purpose of enhancing the properties of the in strument this combination is found on guitars that need that special bite and high frequency cut through p.9
- English 9 p.9
- Although rosewood is included in the hardwood category it is less dense more porous and a tad softer than tiger stripe ebony the resulting tone is obviously warmer but never sounds sharp this combination underscores the naturally ho nest character of the framus guitars that have the additional pro denomination in their model names p.9
- A maple neck has a direct pithy open sound in short it sounds like a big bang reason enough to like it and reason enough to develop guitars that do just that framus is offering models with a one piece maple neck or a maple neck with a maple fingerboard the framus custom shop also offers the option of a guitar with a one piece neck among many other possibilities that will make your instrument stand out p.9
- Framus uses hand made genuine mother of pearl inlays on its guitars and they are installed with much care and detail aside from the standard inlays being used in their current models the framus custom shop offers a wide variety of ad ditional motifs functional or just plain nice this is one of the most popular options to create a very personal instrument for yourself there are also block inlays available if you want to have your name or initials engraved on the last fret more classic options are being offered as well like white or black dots the following table is a precise overview to see which model has what type of inlays or dots as a standard option p.10
- Fingerboard inlays dots p.10
- English 10 p.10
- Finishes p.11
- Colored oil finish cof p.11
- Stain high polish finish sthp p.11
- Satin finish sf p.11
- Polished varnish p.11
- Natural oil finish nof p.11
- High polish finish hp p.11
- Shellac p.12
- Sandblasted finish p.12
- Metal flake p.12
- Chrome tone ct p.12
- Airbrush graphic p.12
- English 13 p.13
- The story begins in 1978 in santa barbara california when seymour duncan founded his company with the same name and his ideas about electrical signal transformation into audible success started his early developed talent created an around the globe successful company that always meant to preserve one thing the spirit of a seymour duncan the worldwide famous first class pickups that bear his name are installed in all framus models with the exception of the az 10 and they are meant to fit each guitar according to its tonal characteristics and outfitted with diverse switching combinations the following table describes the pickup combination available in each standard framus model p.14
- Pickups hardware p.14
- Pickup configurations p.14
- Good wood is important as well as a solid construction and a sound design but this means nothing if it isn t comple mented with high quality components pickups are responsible for the sound of the instrument precision is an impor tant point that reflects quality too nut bridge construction and tuning machines are only going to last if they are built thoroughly and meticulously with high quality materials not for nothing are they responsible for good tuning framus uses the best components only from the best manufacturers and also its own which bear the framus label p.14
- English 14 p.14
- English 15 p.15
- Electric guitars have different demands when it comes to sound and playing techniques that is why framus offers not less than 10 different bridges and vibrato systems basically it s possible to outfit any guitar model with a different bridge of vibrato system than the one it comes with the framus custom shop will gladly inform about all the available options provided that there are certain limitations in terms of construction p.15
- Bridges and vibrato systems p.15
- Tune o matic with stop tailpiece height adjustable fixed bridge with adjustable saddles and separate stop tailpiece assembly 2 tune o matic bridge with trapeze tailpiece height adjustable fixed bridge with adjustable saddles and a floating trapeze tailpiece anchored to the butt end of the guitar 3 one piece framus bridge string through body fixed bridge with adjustable saddles and rear mounted string ferrules strings are put on through the back of the guitar also called a string thru bridge 4 framus vibrato by wilkinson 2 point system with knife edge principle and screwed on metal sustain block strings are put on from the back and through the sustain block 5 framus vintage vibrato 6 point system functions like framus vibrato by wilkinson 6 framus floyd rose licensed vibrato system 2 point system with knife edge principle and screwed on metal sustain block plus locking nut strings are put on from the top through the back of the saddles 7 original floyd rose vibrato system functions like p.16
- Here s a list of all the available options and thereafter a table with a model overview p.16
- English 16 p.16
- Tuning machines are an important component of the guitar and are not to be neglected framus is able to offer two ex clusive machine heads of its own all pro models as well as the monterrey come with smooth running oil based tu ning machines allow problem free use of a vibrato system the streetwalker and morrigan models have these machine heads plus a locking nut that comes with the floyd rose vibrato system all custom models as well as the ak 1974 the manhattan and the az 10 have framus locking tuners with this type of machine the strings are not wound anymore but fed through a hole at the machine head and locked with a tightening screw if done correctly the string will be in tune after about half a turn having less turns means less slippage guitars with locking tuners stay much better in tune especially after changing strings which also becomes a quicker and less time consuming procedure the framus cus tom shop also offers schaller and sperzel locking tuners on request p.17
- Tuning machines p.17
- English 17 p.17
- Security locks p.18
- Hardware colors p.18
- Strings p.20
- Neck joint p.20
- Construction p.20
- Accessories included items p.20
- English 21 p.21
- Truss rod p.22
- Volume push pull volume control pushed humbucker mode volume control pulled singlecoil mode humbucker is split tone p.23
- Volume push pull volume control pushed humbucker mode volume control pulled singlecoil mode both humbuckers are split tone p.23
- Pickup selector p.23
- English 23 p.23
- Diablo pro diablo custom controls p.23
- Diablo custom 7 string p.23
- Controls p.23
- Control elements p.23
- Volume push pull volume control pushed humbucker mode volume control pulled singlecoil mode humbucker is split tone p.24
- Spitfire pro spitfire custom controls p.24
- Pickup selector p.24
- English 24 p.24
- Diablo light scotch p.24
- Controls p.24
- Camarillo camarillo 7 string controls p.25
- Volume push pull volume control pushed humbucker mode volume control pulled singlecoil mode both humbuckers are split tone p.25
- Renegade pro renegade custom controls p.25
- Pickup selector p.25
- English 25 p.25
- Volume tone p.26
- Tennessee pro tennessee custom controls p.26
- Pickup selector p.26
- Panthera pro panthera custom panthera custom 7 string controls p.26
- English 26 p.26
- Panthera studio pro panthera studio custom panthera studio custom 7 string controls p.27
- Monterey p.27
- Master volume blend in control between middle singlecoil and split neck pickup with push pull function pulled tone with push pull function to split bridge pickup pulled p.27
- Lead free switch p.27
- English 27 p.27
- Controls p.27
- 3 wegschalter p.27
- Volume tone p.27
- Pickup selector p.27
- Volume with push pull function volume control pushed humbucker activated and neck singlecoil bypassed volume control pulled humbuckers are bypassed and neck singlecoil is activated regardless of selector position p.28
- Volume p.28
- Streetwalker 7 string p.28
- Streetwalker 6 string p.28
- Pickup selector p.28
- English 28 p.28
- Controls p.28
- Volume tone p.29
- Pickup selector p.29
- English 29 p.29
- Controls p.29
- Az 10 single pickup az 10 blonde az 10 bubinga az 10 makassar az 10 koa az 10 shellac p.29
- Ak 1974 p.29
- 6 way rotary switch p.29
- Volume treble bass p.30
- Volume tone p.30
- Pickup selector p.30
- Manhattan p.30
- English 30 p.30
- Controls p.30
- Az 10 dual pickup p.30
- Volume tone p.31
- Pickup selector p.31
- Mayfield pro mayfield custom controls p.31
- Hollywood p.31
- English 31 p.31
- Controls p.31
- 2 x volume one per pickup 2 x tone one per pickup p.31
- English 32 p.32
- Controls p.32
- Volume tone p.32
- Volume 1 bass and 1 treble control stacked p.32
- Pickup selector p.32
- Morrigan pro p.32
- Morrigan custom p.32
- Shellac p.33
- Natural oil finish nof p.33
- Instrument care and maintenance p.33
- High polish finish hp p.33
- Colored oil finish cof p.33
- Chrome tone finish ct p.33
- Body wood and finish maintenance p.33
- Neck wood care p.34
- Neck wood p.34
- Hardware cleaning p.34
- Fingerboard p.34
- Truss rod p.34
- String action p.35
- Pickup height p.35
- Intonation p.35
- The easy access electronics compartment p.36
- Machine heads p.36
- Framus vibrato by wilkinson p.36
- Bridge system setup p.36
- Tune o matic bridge with stop tailpiece or trapeze tailpiece p.37
- Framus vintage vibrato p.37
- One piece fixed bridge p.38
- Framus floyd rose vibrato p.38
- The bigsby vibrato is made of aluminum is mounted onto the body and comes with a string tension bar which avoids string noise when the vibrato is used the ball end of the string is placed on its corresponding axle pin the string ten sion bar has 3 different settings the string height adjustment is done at the tune o matic bridge with the two thumbs crews and the intonation is adjusted with the saddle screws the lateral positioning of the bridge can be changed with two side screws but first the locknuts have to be loosened and after the adjustment retightened p.39
- Original floyd rose vibrato p.39
- Original bigsby vibrato b7 b500 p.39
- English 39 p.39
- The original floyd rose vibrato works basically like a framus floyd rose system the main difference is in the way you put on the strings they are tightly locked at the saddle between the little insert block and the string lock screw to ac complish this the ball end of the string has to be cut p.39
- Height adjustable and length compensating ebony bridge p.40
- Glossar p.41
- English 42 p.42
- Wood denominations p.43
- Support service sales www framus de p.43
- Important technical information contained herein can be subject to change without notice p.43
- General specifications p.43
- English 43 p.43
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