polara Posted February 10 Posted February 10 (edited) 1997 Framus Panthera Pro, made in Germany HFC PRICE $700 + SHIPPING Mahogany body, bookmatched flame maple top, flame maple neck with a cool super-stable mounting system. Ebony fretboard. Trapeze tailpiece, Duncan pickups in whatever spec Framus gave them. This one was built in January of 1997, so one of the very first from the Warwick factory when they re-launched Framus. It has, as you'd expect, a kind of snappy Les Paul sound. Neck is kind of average medium, never gets too fat even at the body, and is finished in some kind of oil or wax "raw feeling" treatment. Weighs, I'd guess, 8.5 to 9 pounds. Not chambered. Has one big ding that was drop-filled so you can't feel it, and a few little signs of wear here and there. Custom shop quality for seven bills? Go for it. Comes in a TKL hard case with Dean logo. 2009 Framus Tennessee Custom Shop, one-off made for Earl Slick, HFC PRICE $1700 + SHIPPING This one is pretty cool. To welcome Slicky to the Framus family, they made one Tennessean with satin white finish, black binding, figured ebony board, aged TonePros hardware, and uncovered mystery pickups. He had it for sale at Spinnaker Music in Connecticut and I got it with some sort of signed thing from him. The Tennessee is 335 sized, hollow with a center block. I believe it is mahogany back and maple top, but as this was a one-off there ain't no COA. Pickups may be Duncan but I haven't checked as it sounds awesome. Slick doesn't look too excited when holding it, but he must have played it a fair bit as it had normal scuffs and pick wear when I got it. This leads to the big condition issue: I think he must have just liet it sit for ten years with no adjustment, as with the truss rod nut backed off to no tension, the neck is straight with .010s. If you use .009s it bows back a little and you get buzzing. Now, if you use 10s, it plays great and sounds great. It has some scuffs but no real dings. There is a very fine crack in the paint, about 1/8" long, behind one tailpiece stud. I suspect ten years in Slick's basement and Connecticut weather changes didn't do it any favors. I am on the fence about selling it, but well. $1700 for a one-off guitar owned by Bowie's guitarist (and the dates line up for him owning it wile recording The Next Day but no way can I say it WAS) that is pretty amazing on its own... I am not inclined to hear lowball offers. But I don't want to move more stuff to Sweden than absolutely necessary. Edited April 11 by polara 2 Quote
django49 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Always liked those older Parker Fly models. Very versatile and def gets some attention. From my past experience, I think the revamped wiring setup should be more usable and more dependable. GLWTS. 1 Quote
HamerCustomEr Posted February 11 Posted February 11 What an irony that you are selling the Hagstrom Swede to move to Sweden! Where in Sweden? How exciting! 3 Quote
donner Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) It's not allowed to cross Swedish borders without a Hagström guitar, y'know? Last friday, border patrol happily found two Swedes and one of those funny Fantomen hidden under blistered beer cans in a Volvo station wagon: Edited February 11 by donner 3 3 Quote
kizanski Posted February 11 Posted February 11 3 hours ago, donner said: I I don't know who the lady on the left is, but the guy on the right is Jethro. 3 Quote
LucSulla Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Man, I'm certainly jealous of the move. I really dig Sweden and would move there in a heartbeat. 2 Quote
polara Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 13 hours ago, HamerCustomEr said: What an irony that you are selling the Hagstrom Swede to move to Sweden! Where in Sweden? How exciting! It depends on where Missus Polara gets a job (biotech). Probably Malmö, but maybe Helsingborg. All very exciting and stressful! 3 Quote
Eli Posted February 11 Posted February 11 I suppose you're selling the Hagstrom and the Flaxwood because they just leave them laying around in Sweden? 4 Quote
polara Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 BUMP FOR PRICES SO LOW WE MUST BE GOING CRAZY! 2 Quote
Biz Prof Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) On 2/10/2025 at 7:32 PM, HamerCustomEr said: What an irony that you are selling the Hagstrom Swede to move to Sweden! Where in Sweden? How exciting! Edited February 23 by Biz Prof 1 1 Quote
polara Posted April 11 Author Posted April 11 BIG BUMP for the Earl Slick guitar and a price drop. 1 Quote
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