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Grant Goltz
PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:36 pm 
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This one is a bit harder than Bob's, because I only have this one photo and it does not show the guitar very well.

This is a nylon string and new, here, in the early to mid 1960's. I have tried to make out the peghead logo, but it really doesn't resemble anything that I can find.

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Ill guess...an "Eterna" by Yamaha perhaps?

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I would not even venture a guess ( I don't think that's what you want ) but it actually looks like a steel string with zero fret, sorta thinish tuning machine posts and pick guard. Any real provenance? Or just a photo that caught your eye?

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Do you know who the woman is (should I?) perhaps you can trace it by tracing her.


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Could it be a Framus? Apparently they were known for using the zero fret?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_fret

http://framus-vintage.de/modules/modell ... 629&cl=EN#

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rlrhett wrote:
Do you know who the woman is (should I?) perhaps you can trace it by tracing her.


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Yes, I know her well ;)

She does not remember the brand, and can only remember that it had nylon strings. This was in the early to mid 1960's and the photo was in her dorm room in college. I tried to enlarge the peghead part of the photo, but it is not good enough to be able to read anything, only that it looks to be 5 or 6 letters long. And, yes there is a zero fret. It was purchased in a local music store in North Central Minnesota (fairly small town). It came with the pick guard, so it looks to be more of a "folk nylon" rather than a classical.

The whole reason I am asking is that I would like to build something as close as possible for her, and obviously, knowing what the original was would make the process a lot easier.

I may just have to "wing it".

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I going with Brad. Sure looks like a framus when compared to the picture Brad posted. EXCELLENT DETECTIVE work Brad.

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