5/57 Tango

Specifications

  • dark auburn, later brown shaded or natural finish, several golden finishes
  • laminated arched body
  • single-ply wood binding
  • Rosewood fingerboard with inlays
  • white Celluloid headstock
  • built since the beginning of the 50's

This Particular Instrument

  • brown shaded finish
  • no trussrod
  • large pickguard
  • dates ca. 1955
  • built until the end of the 50's
  • Elvis Presley used to play a Framus model 5/57 tango in the 1950s.
  • Elvis also played Framus

Series

Tango
Model no.: 5/57
Tango
Model no.: 5/57