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NEWS
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Framus Netherlands – Vol. III: Nederrock
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New Sounds were soon sweeping away the popularity of the Kilima Hawaiians and other Hula bands – in the late 1950s it was time for Rock´n´Roll: young René Nodelijk therefore attended a national Elvis Presley contest, and came Third Place.
By 1958, he founded one of the first rock´n´roll bands of the Netherlands, “The Rockin´ Sensation Boys”. However, the breakthrough was made with his second band which he formed a year later, “The Alligators”.
The band name of course was inspired by Bill Haley´s hit “See You Later Alligator”. Two weeks after René had formed this group it won a first prize during their debut in a national talent show in Vlaardingen. Now their unprecedented rise took place. The first record was released in 1960 and by the end of the same year they started their first tour to a foreign country.
They went to Germany. Most possibly, they visited Framus back then? Whilst René was playing his homemade electric guitar by 1958 one can recognize but three Framus instruments on the scooter picture: a Star Bass 5/150, and two Hollywood guitars (a 5/129 and a 5/132).
René and His Alligators were setting the example for many Dutch beat bands to come in the 1960s. Nowadays they are regarded as one of the best bands in the history of Dutch pop music.
Thanks to Piet Muys (http://www.pmouse.nl/) who delivered the pictures!
If you have an interesting story to tell please share it with us and send it to: c.hoyer@warwick.de
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The short-lived interlude of Belcanto. American Clubs in Germany around 1960.
Dieter Bauer played a Star Bass back then and toured with his band in the Mannheim area at the time. He sent a report to
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Mitch Seidman, Attila Zoller and the AZ 10
Mitch Seidman has performed throughout the U.S. and overseas and has recordings on Jardis (Germany), Cadence, and Brownstone
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"The Facts' Five" From Franconia
Wonderful contemporary documents of the mid-1960s have been sent over to us by Claus-Michael Köhler from Aachen.
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Tested by Müller
Tested by Müller His name is probably familiar to an owner of a Framus vintage guitar because it is his signature
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Edward´s Hootenanny: a life long friend
50th Anniversary of the Beatles: Edward´s Hootenanny – a life long friend In time for the 50th anniversary of the
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SHENANIGANZ – eine Hollywood Love Story
SHENANIGANZ – eine Hollywood Love Story Georg Raig (Share'o'Ryan) plays guitar in Shenaniganz – a
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Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman signs Framus Bass
Ex-Stone signs Framus Bass “That's the one I played back in the ‘60’s” said Bill Wyman when he saw the
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Framus Netherlands – Episode 2: Javahula
Bali, Tahiti, Waikiki or Sumbawa. Framus created a furore with these exotic model names when the emerging West-German guitar
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Blossom Toe
“Blossom Toe”: A German student-band of the late 1960s… Back in the 1960’s, Framus instruments were
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Award for Framus
Award for FRAMUS VINTAGE: The rediscovery of the Framus history The award for „historical communications“ of the
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Framus Nederland Vol. I
FRAMUS NETHERLANDS – Part 1: Jazz(y) beginnings Jan Akkerman, of course, used to be the most influential Dutch guitarist
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Magyar Blues
MAGYAR BLUES in the FRAMUS MUSEUM Paid Holiday - Founded in 1994 as a young enthusiastic west-coast blues band soon they found
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Happy Birthday Peter Kraus!
Framus congratulates Peter Kraus! Peter Kraus celebrated his 70th birthday in March and in October he´ll hit the road for
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Musik Messe News 2009 - The Book on Framus Vintage Instruments
Just in time fo r the Frankfurt Musik Messe 2009 our book on Framus Vintage Instruments has been completed. It ideally
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Elvis also played Framus
Elvis also played Framus Documents now prove that even the „King of Rock ´n ´ Roll” owned and played
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Mitja Mastnak and his signature-guitar
The track record continues… The Framus LP 10 is a new model for 2009 and will be introduced at this year´s
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Who knows this band???
We found this picture in our image archive. It was taken in the late 1960s, most probably in what was
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Vicens Vacca
Obituary for Vicens Vacca – the great Spanish pioneer of jazz guitar From the Spanish guitarist and Framus endorser Jordi
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Archtop Meeting
Framus Vintage at the International Archtop Meeting Germany Themed “50 Years AZ-10“, ‘Framus
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Oberkrainer-Sound at Framus!
Oberkrainer-Sound at Framus! Last Saturday, Gregor Avsenik and eight musicians from the Mitja kvintet visited our Framus
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Beatles´ Guitars on display in the FRAMUS MUSEUM
Beatles - "Back to Germany"! Guitars from England complement Framus collection in Markneukirchen/ Saxony
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Bassology: From Double Bass to Bass Guitar Prototype of 1950 turned up
Framus was concerned with the wishes of bass players from the very beginning of the company´s existence. Already at
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The 1st Bill Lawrence Club in Germany
These days Bill Lawrence is known for being the King of Pickups. At the end of the 1940s he was a young but well known
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Vintage made in Germany: Trabant Rally at Framus
The 15th international Trabant-Rally passed through Markneukirchen last week – and of course the participants
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Who knows this Band ?
We find this picture in our image archiv. It was made in 1970. Who knows this band and can tell us a lot of
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“Inspired by Spanish sounds…“
The now 83-year old thoroughbred musician, arranger, composer and conductor Heinz Schultze can be considered a Framus
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1958: Framus Reaches the Solid-Body Era
The first “board“ - as it was initially and deprecatingly called by luthiers - left the Framus factory in
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Review of Framus-Vintage at Frankfurt MusikMesse 2008
This year, Framus Vintage had its own extraordinarily big booth at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. This special booth was constructed
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Music Fair in Frankfurt 2008: 50 Years AZ-10
Today he’s a jazz legend. The name Attila Zoller is tied to a very special chapter in the history of Framus –
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In search of that old sound
Sascha Delbrouck wanted to find it: a balance between the sound of a conventional electric bass and an upright
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A New Hit!
These same bold words advertised Framus’ newest product in 1957 – an upright bass with a cutaway. At that
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Josef Wilfer master violin at the Museum
When Framus was founded in 1946, violins, cellos, and double basses were predominant in their instrument production, before the
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Ladi Geisler – for the 80th birthday of the living Swing legend
After the war captivity in Denmark where he learned to play guitar as an autodidact, he landed in Hamburg with his
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