What’s Your Favorite Guitar - a 1966 Vintage Framus Texan 5/195 Acoustic Guitar Made in West Germany

This episode of our ongoing Guitar Stories series features the rare and beloved Framus Texan acoustic guitar, model 5/195, hand-crafted in the Heart of Bavaria in West Germany in 1966. It is a well-preserved and unique sounding vintage beauty. What does a violin-arched back acoustic guitar made of all spruce sound like? We’ll get to hear it as Ed Hale shares one of his favorite guitars. The episode also shines a light on the fact that European guitars like Eko, Levin, Hagstrom, Hofner and Framus, once extremely popular from the 1950s to the 1970s, are now often overlooked and left out of the guitar discussion entirely. An ongoing series featuring guitar stories, demos, reviews, histories, new and old song discussions and plenty of playing all in an attempt to answer the question “but Ed which one is your favorite?” Tuned: Open A Standard Strings: D’Addario Phosphor Bronze 12-54 Songs: “Sunset over Mars”