Post #4641146 · Elektrine

2026-06-30 16:46 UTC

Four toots up and back in this thread is the Framus label, and I see a date of “67K,” (the “K,” is the month, 11th letter, 11th month, I think, November, ‘67, the number is the year) but someone thinks it says “57K.” . I’m assuming the stamp simply missed for the leftmost part of the circle in a “6,” I thought the top part was round, not the straight top of a “5.” . But someone thinks otherwise, and I’m starting to see no arc at all across the fretboard, and that might put it in the ‘50s. It’s also super wide. . So, a poll, four toots up, what do you see? . /19 #Guitar #Framus12StringProject

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@punishmenthurts@autistics.life 2026-07-01 03:32

OK, so maybe we don’t convert this one, maybe we don’t lose this neck. . (I mean, maybe whoever made this guitar look so nice reset the neck with some kind of forever glue, I can’t get the fretboard off.) . So it’s back to plan . . . A, I guess, the way I did the very first one, the Vega I’ve passed along, and that’s to sand the equal and opposite shape of end of life into that fretboard sand the ends off, make it convex instead of concave - and stick another new fretboard on top of it. Was some trial and error, but the Vega was great, truss rod slack, good in theory for decades again. . Means paring the sides off this very wide neck to get it somewhere near my size, that’s what I’ve been at today. . It’s the best scenario if I can make it work. The wood is pretty. Lot of sanding, but making the block for the Revenant was murder too, worse. . Gawd, what have I done. This is going to be really long. 😬🫣 . /20 #Guitar #Framus12StringProject

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