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OFFICIAL FRAMUS
GUITAR OWNER MANUAL
ENGLISH 2
Owner manual for Framus Guitars
INDEX
General information about Framus guitars 4
Introduction 4 Philosophy 4 Standard models 4 Custom Shop 4 Model overview 5
Outfitting 5
Body woods 5 Neck woods 8 Fingerboard inlays 10 Finishes 11 Pickups & hardware 14
- Bridges and vibrato systems 15
Construction 20
Control elements 23
ENGLISH 3
Instrument care and maintenance 33 Setup 34 Glossary 41 General specifications 43
ENGLISH 4
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT FRAMUS GUITARS
Introduction
First of all we would like to thank you for choosing your new Framus instrument. With F ramus guitars you will find a high level of quality workmanship and selected components combined into one amazing and timeless instrument that will pro­vide you as a musician with outstanding expression power. Meticulous quality controls as well as a German manufac­turing site create the basis to guarantee a high and consistent quality standard for your new Framus guitar . There is also a little involvement on your side in terms of wood and hardware, so keep reading if you want to give your guitar the best look possible. We will inform you then about instrument care and available setup configurations since it’s not only the instrument that wants to feel good,
Philosophy
Since Framus (short for “Fränkischen Musikinstrumentenerzeugung F red Wilfer K.G.“) was first founded in 1946 a lot has happened. As a forerunner of the art of building guitars, Framus is since developing its own concepts as well as techni­cal innovations and designs that enrich the guitar world, as we know it. Our efforts are geared towards making the in­dividual wishes of each musician a reality. The end result is a broad assortment of guitars that allows the interested artist to create his music. We know that the requirements to manufacture instruments that as a brand feel themselves at home in many styles, are definitely high. But we proudly take the challenge. If you just take a look at the models that we call standard, you can find your instrument regardless of the style you play , be it smoking blues, glittering funk, hard rock, or jazz… once more striving for the top.
Standard models
Variety of stylistic loyalty; a wide product assortment doesn’t preclude either of them. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Top­40 musician that plays a variety of different styles in each set in spite of his personal musical preferences, or if you’re devotee to a specific style, Framus has the right choice for you. You expect standard guitars to be matured and optimi­zed, and to have a wide range of models that go from intelligently outfitted with up to 16 different sound possibilities to stylistically purebred guitars. W e take no compromises in the selection and quality of woods, workmanship, and the uti­lized components. What you’re getting is a German-manufactured, high quality , high value musical instrument with a wide array of colors and a left-handed option with no additional cost.
Custom Shop
Who doesn’t want that special something, that what you call your own, what is not seen as an object, but that what is embodied in it: your own ideas, so personal and unique like the music that will be played with that special custom­made instrument. Being able to offer this to any interested musicians is what the Framus designers and product spe­cialists set as their mission; and the end result is an unbelievable amount of custom shop options to build that dream instrument, the one you always imagined… unique and without compromise. If that wish has never been fulfilled, it is time to pay a visit to our Framus homepage or to ask one of our product specialists. Why don’t you take a look at www.framus.de?
ENGLISH 5
Model overview
- Diablo Custom
- Diablo Custom, 7-string
- Diablo Pro
- Diablo Light Scotch
- Panthera Custom
- Panthera Custom, 7-string
- Panthera Pro
- Panthera Studio Custom
- Panthera Studio Custom, 7-string
- Panthera Studio Pro
- Renegade Custom
- Renegade Pro
- Spitfire Custom
- Spitfire Pro
- T ennessee Custom
- T ennessee Pro
- Mayfield Custom
- Mayfield Pro
- Camarillo Custom
- Camarillo Custom, 7-string
- Manhattan
- Monterey
- Streetwalker
- Streetwalker, 7-string
- Hollywood
- AZ-10 Single Pickup
- AZ-10 Single Pickup Blonde
- AZ-10 Koa
- AZ-10 Bubinga
- AZ-10 Makassar
- AZ-10 Shellac
- AZ-10 Dual Pickup
- AK 1974
- Morrigan Custom
- Morrigan Pro
OUTFITTING
Experience over decades actually pays off, not only production-wise, since there needs to be a basis on which to build on, an it starts with the selection of the wood we use for our F ramus guitars. In terms of wood as a finite resource we’re not shortsighted: you can rest assured that we do no harm to the environment whenever you buy yourself a Framus gui­tar. All utilized woods come from regions where strict cultivation rules and reforestation are enforced. This was made possible through decades of good contacts and a good working relationship with the lumber industry. In the end we all benefit from it.
Body woods
Flamed maple tops, selected swamp ash and mahogany bodies – almost all electric guitars are made of this proven and preferred wood combination. Framus offers many different wood combinations, be it a solid body or a thin-line con­struction. The exact outfitting possibilities of each model are described in the table hereafter. But before we want to give you an insight into the characteristics of all the different wood combinations and construction types:
Swamp ash or basswood guitars (solid body)
Massive swamp ash bodies are typical for rock guitars. Hard, with a coarse texture and pronounced grain, this wood has a powerful sound spectrum with pleasing warm mids and a prevailing character. Basswood is also an option for guitars striving for that hard sound. The wood itself is soft but still tough and it has a raw midrange density. As a consequence the instruments are relatively light. The tone that this wood generates is full of low mids – not for nothing does it have that name: basswood. This combination is ideal for guitars with a radical tone, not weighing too much thus allowing for endless playing without a sore shoulder.
Swamp ash body with flamed maple top (solid body)
This is a rocking combination that creates a tone with solid substance, enough cut-through and attack. Guitars that use this combination are hard to ignore and can be used with singlecoils or humbuckers. They consist of either one-, two-, or three-piece swamp ash bodies with a glued-on two- or three-piece flamed maple top, which is normally 2 millime­ters thick – a necessity since the top will be getting a specific curvature that is responsible not only for the ergonomics but also for the appealing design of a Framus guitar. In order to enhance its optical appeal, the flamed maple block is cut in half and opened like a book (also known as book matched) so that the wood grain is mirrored. Each instrument that has a top built using this procedure is unique.
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Mahogany body with flamed maple top (solid body)
Mahogany is a dense and finely textured tone wood that in conjunction with a flamed maple top creates the basis for a full-bodied tone and long sustain. This combination has been used for the last 50 years on most electric guitars with a solid body, thus creating a standard for guitar construction thanks to its tonal characteristics. As far as assembly is con­cerned, there is no difference between this option and the previous one with swamp ash body and flamed maple top. Both have the same top wood thickness, same curvature, and same “book matching” feature.
Body with TCS™ (Tone Chamber System)
Next to their acoustic and semi-acoustic models, Framus also offers guitars with a tone chamber. The so-called TCS™ (short for Tone Chamber System) is the first step towards hollow-body construction. This system doesn’t need f-holes and is used in models that are classified as solid body guitars. The body is then routed to give it a number of tone cham­bers, which are later covered once the top is glued on. Not visible to the outside, this design has an audible conse­quence: the resulting guitar tone has a quick response and a very transparent quality, and at the same time makes the guitar a little lighter, which is one of the benefits of this system.
Semi-hollow bodies (semi-acoustic guitars)
This option utilizes basically the same process as previously described in the TCS™ system. The main difference lies in the actual guitar design, namely the fact that instead of routing many chambers a complete cavity is created. The wood beneath the pickups and the bridge is not touched and the final assembly of hardware components is done just like in a solid body guitar: screwed in tightly. All Framus guitars’ tops that are built like this are book matched, a 2-piece com­ponent that is, and carry f-holes. These reinforce the acoustic characteristics of such a construction design: guitar mo­dels like the Tennessee and the Hollywood are a little big bigger body-wise, but not thicker. The end result is a more free-vibrating top, which therefore influences the resonance behavior. These guitars are acoustically much louder, su­stain longer when amplified, and are warmer and bigger sounding.
Laminated bodies (semi-acoustic guitars)
Laminated woods are manufactured with flamed maple veneers using a traditional and time-consuming process to bend them into the desired shape. This manufacturing technique is specifically utilized with the semi-acoustic models May­field Custom and Mayfield Pro. The body is completely hollow and 2 f-holes adorn its top. In order to mount the pickups and the bridge in a way that resembles the solid body guitars, a so-called sustain block will be glued between the body and the guitar’s top and will reach all the way from the neck’s heel to other end of the body. The block is made of ma­hogany and is responsible for good sustain behavior and makes the guitar impervious to feedback. This construction me­thod produces a powerful, full-fledged, warm tone in old tradition…Once upon a time…
Hollow-body (full-resonance guitars)
With a classic hollow-body and arched top the jazz guitars are arriving. Only proven tone woods are used in this cate­gory, just like the traditional violin construction. Massive flamed ma ple and massive spruce are used for the body and top respectively. The characteristic arch is obtained with the use of a wood-milling machine, after being caulked sym­metrically (book matched). The sides use the same wood as the back to guarantee homogenous vibration properties in the instrument – this is the main point in full-resonating guitars. The shapes are accomplished with time consuming ben­ding procedures. Differences between each instrument are thus ruled out. With a Framus archtop guitar you get a co­herent instrument where every little detail has been taken care of in best tradition. And don’t forget that the Framus custom shop also offers different wood combinations for the guitar’s sides and back.
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Body wood
Ash Ash Mahogany Bass-
wood
Flamed
maple
Makassar
ebony
Koa Bubinga Flamed
maple
Top
Flamed
maple
Flamed
maple
Flamed
maple
Spruce Spruce Spruce Spruce
Diablo Custom
x
Diablo Pro
x
Diablo Light Scotch
x
Panthera Custom
x
Panthera Pro
x
Panthera Studio Cst.
x
Panthera Studio Pro
x
Renegade Custom
x
Renegade Pro
x
Spitfire Custom
x
Spitfire Pro
x
Tennessee Custom
x
Tennessee Pro
x
Mayfield Custom
x
Mayfield Pro
x
Camarillo
x
Manhattan
x
Monterey
x
Streetwalker
x
Hollywood
x
AZ 10
x x x x
AK 1974
x
Morrigan Custom
x
Morrigan Pro
x
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Construction types Solidbody TCS™ Semi-acoustic
(Semi-hollow)
Semi-acoustic
(With sustain block)
Hollow-body
Diablo Custom
x
Diablo Pro
x
Diablo Light Scotch
x
Panthera Custom
x
Panthera Pro
x
Panthera Studio Cst.
x
Panthera Studio Pro
x
Renegade Custom
x
Renegade Pro
x
Spitfire Custom
x
Spitfire Pro
x
Tennessee Custom
x
Tennessee Pro
x
Mayfield Custom
x
Mayfield Pro
x
Camarillo
x
Manhattan
x
Monterey
x
Streetwalker
x
Hollywood
x
AZ 10
x x
AK 1974
x
Morrigan Custom
x
Morrigan Pro
x
Neck woods
Ovangkol and maple, rosewood and tiger stripe ebony are the basis for our neck construction. Depending on the model any 2 of these 4 types of woods will be used, which gives us the following combinations (a table at the end of this chap­ter describes the possibilities for each model):
Ovankgol neck with tiger stripe ebony fingerboard
Ovangkol is a West African hardwood with the best tonal properties. High density allows for stability and sound quality, sustain and warmth shapes its character. The outstanding sound properties of tiger stripe ebon y are a result of its ex­treme hardness and stiffness. It gives the instrument a quick response and a finely illuminated sound picture over the whole frequency spectrum.
Ovangkol neck with rosewood fingerboard
Rosewood is basically the most used wood for fingerboards period. It differs from ebony in its density and hardness.
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Although rosewood is included in the hardwood category, it is less dense, more porous and a tad softer than tiger stripe ebony. The resulting tone is obviously warmer but never sounds sharp. This combination underscores the naturally ho­nest character of the Framus guitars that have the additional “Pro” denomination in their model names.
Maple neck with tiger stripe ebony fingerboard
It is a proven combination. Framus guitars that fall into the semi-acoustic and full-resonance categories benefit the most from a maple neck with a glued-on tiger stripe ebony fingerboard combination. The already full-sounding guitars get an additional boost in attack and high frequencies that are necessary for a balanced sound picture. The ebony fingerboard clearly underscores the tonal attributes and the high standard of these instruments.
Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
Framus pays also tribute to this tradition, especially when it serves the purpose of enhancing the properties of the in­strument. This combination is found on guitars that need that special bite and high frequency cut-through.
Maple neck with maple fingerboard / One-piece maple neck
A maple neck has a direct, pithy, open sound, in short: it sounds like a big bang; reason enough to like it, and reason enough to develop guitars that do just that. Framus is offering models with a one-piece maple neck or a maple neck with a maple fingerboard. The Framus custom shop also offers the option of a guitar with a one-piece neck among many other possibilities that will make your instrument stand out.
Neck woods Ovangkol / Tiger
stripe ebony
Ovangkol/ Rosewood
Maple / Tiger
stripe ebony
Maple /
Rosewood
One-piece
maple neck
Maple /
Maple
Diablo Custom
x
Diablo Pro
x
Diablo Light Scotch
x
Panthera Custom / Studio Custom
x
Phantera Pro / Studio Pro
x
Renegade Custom
x
Renegade Pro
x
Spitfire Custom (2 Varianten)
x x
Spitfire Pro (2 Varianten)
x x
Tennessee Custom
x
Tennessee Pro
x
Mayfield Custom
x
Mayfield Pro
x
Camarillo
x
Manhattan
x
Monterey
x
Streetwalker
x
Hollywood
x
AZ 10
x
AK 1974
x
Morrigan Custom
x
Morrigan Pro
x
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Fingerboard inlays/ Dots
Framus uses hand-made genuine mother -of-pearl inlays on its guitars and they are installed with much care and detail. Aside from the standard inlays being used in their current models the Framus custom shop offers a wide variety of ad­ditional motifs. Functional or just plain nice, this is one of the most popular options to create a very personal instrument for yourself. There are also block inlays available if you want to have your name or initials engraved on the last fret. More classic options are being offered as well like white or black dots. The following table is a precise overview to see which model has what type of inlays or dots as a standard option:
Inlays Black Dots White Dots Traditional Sharkfin YinYang
Diablo Custom
x
Diablo Custom, 7-string Diablo Pro
x
Diablo Light Scotch
x
Panthera Pro
x
Panthera Custom
x
Panthera Custom, 7-string Panthera Studio Pro
x
Panthera Studio Custom
x
Panthera Studio Custom, 7-string Renegade Custom
x
Renegade Pro
x
Spitfire Custom / Maple
x
Spitfire Pro / Maple
x
Spitfire Custom / Rosewood
x
Spitfire Pro / Rosewood
x
Tennessee Custom
x
Tennessee Pro
x
Mayfield Custom
x
Mayfield Pro
x
Camarillo
x
Camarillo, 7-string Manhattan
x
Monterey
x
Streetwalker
x
Streetwalker, 7-string Hollywood
x
AZ 10
x
AK 1974
x
Morrigan Custom
x
Morrigan Pro
x
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Finishes
A guitar’s finish is not just the dot on the “i” but one of the most effective ways to configure your instrument, make it underscore your style, or make it completely your own creation. There are 10 different finish options available plus a wide array of colors. This allo ws for countless combinations in surface and colors options. To create that unique instrument with the aid of artistic freedom the Framus custom shop offers the airbrush paint method. The motifs for this are then discussed with the customer.
Natural Oil Finish (NOF)
A combination of fine oil and wax seal the natural-looking surface making the color of the wood just a tad darker wit­hout altering it.
Colored Oil Finish (COF)
Colored wood-stain from Framus’ wide array of color options purify the wood’s surface and enhance its grain. After the treated surface dried out it receives a thin layer satin lacquer finish that will seal the surface completely and highlight the wood’s texture.
Satin Finish (SF)
Satin finish is a variation of the coloured oil finish. Instead of being colour stained, the wood receives a covering colour layer. Later the wood gets the same matte satin lacquer as with the coloured oil finish. Exception: The Natural Satin Finish is an exclusive matte satin lacquer that maintains the wood’ s natural optical properties – similar to the Natural Oil Finish.
Stain High Polish Finish (STHP)
This is a high-gloss polyester lacquer. The finish is clear and the wood’s grain perfectly visible. The options are one-co­lored or the popular sunburst finishes. Next to Framus’ wide array of colors the custom shop also offers additional co­lors based on the RAL coding.
High Polish Finish (HP)
This is a colored high-gloss polyester lacquer. This also called “solid” finish covers the whole surface and seals it com­pletely thus leaving no wood grain visible. Next to Framus’ wide array of colors the custom shop also offers additional colors based on the RAL coding.
Polished varnish
As you can see on the Monterey model, F ramus designers have enough audacity to come up with something out of the ordinary in the standard models as well as in the custom shop. This is no airbrush finish, no stickers or anything like it you might suspect. It is a high-polish finish that is the result of many polished coatings. The body of the guitar gets layer after layer of the desired colors and after the last one has dried out the surface is power sanded in different places so that the underlying color start showing creating a unique psychedelic pattern. The end result is that no guitar is alike since the sanding is done at will with no set pattern. After this the surface is covered with a high-polish clear lacquer to seal the artwork. Colors and guitar models can be combined freely at Framus custom shop.
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Shellac
The raw material for shellac is obtained from the secretion of the Asian lac insect that deposits it on the bark of certain trees after consuming its sap. This residue then undergoes a purifying process that transforms it into shellac. It is thin­ned in alcohol and later applied on the instrument in several coatings, a process used also on violins and expensive fur­niture called “French polishing”. The AZ-10 model offers this finish in 2 different colors, amber and vinta ge violin. The neck is left untreated as it is with classical instruments.
Metal Flake
This is a variation of the high-polish finish where metal flakes are mixed with the lacquer creating a shimmering and glistening Disco effect. After applying a primer the metal flakes are then added and coated with a high-polish clear lac­quer. If you want to literally “shine” on stage then this finish is the perfect choice for you.
Airbrush (Graphic)
Everything is possible with this surface treatment; the boundaries are set by your own imagina tion. It doesn’t matter if you like single motifs or an entire piece of art, because you will be working with one of the most renowned airbrushers and your wishes will come true in a unique masterpiece.
Sandblasted finish
Woods like swamp ash have more of a coarse texture and when treated with a sandblasting technique they are purified in totally different form. This type of finish has an outcome tha t depends entirely on the different hardness degrees of the wood’s internal rings. Pressure and friction created with the sandblasting tool will naturally erode the wood a t the softer spots; this will create small dents, molds and depressions in the wood’s surface resembling a relief. This treated surface then receives a natural oil finish, but the possibility for other relief colors is also available under the colored oil finish offerings.
Chrome Tone (CT)
Chrome is a surface that awakens emotions in most people, is an absolute eye catcher on stage, and is therefore seen more and more as a guitar finish option. Unfortunately the connection between chrome and wood is a rather frail one. Most chromed wood surfaces have low durability and the appearance of stains and dark spots is pretty quick and so­metimes in the worst-case scenario the chrome peels or brakes off. But research continues and F ramus contacted a com­pany that specializes in galvanic connections and together with our engineers we solved the problem. The magic word is subsurface work: Only a very flat surface will bind together with chrome for a long time. The instruments have to be prepared accordingly; a special lacquer and polishing quite a few times in-between are all part of the procedure. And that is all we’re giving away … We don’t concentrate only on classic silver chrome surfaces; we also offer additional chrome colors namely silver, gold, black, blue and red. Aside from this wide and unconventional array of colors, Framus also offers two different surface treatments, one being the already known glassy option and the other one not less glassy and mirroring, but optically hea­vily textured therefore called “chrome riffle”.
The following table shows the available finishes on the standard Framus models:
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Finishes Body Neck
NOF COF
Satin
Finish
HP /
STHP
NOF COF HP / STHP Standard features
Diablo Custom
x x
Diablo Custom, 7-string
x x
Diablo Pro
x x x
Diablo Light Scotch*
x
x
Natural Satin Finish
(tinted)
Panthera Pro
x x x
Panthera Custom
x x
Panthera Custom, 7-string
x x
Panthera Studio Pro
x x
Panthera Studio Custom
x x
Panthera Studio Custom, 7-string
x x
Renegade Custom
x x
Renegade Pro
x x x
Spitfire Custom*
x x
Spitfire Pro*
x x x
Tennessee Custom
x x
Tennessee Pro
x x
Mayfield Custom
x x
Mayfield Pro
x x
Camarillo
x x
Camarillo, 7-string
x x
Manhattan
x x
Black Stain High Polish
Monterey
x x
“California” High Polish
Streetwalker
x x
Black or White
High Polish
Streetwalker, 7-string
x x
Black or White
High Polish
Hollywood
x x
AZ-10 Single Pickup AZ-10 Dual Pickup
Almond Sunburst
(Stain High Polish)
AZ-10 Bubinga, AZ -10 Macassar, AZ-10 Koa, AZ-10 Blonde
Natural High Polish
AZ-10 Shellac
Amber or Vintage
Violin (Shellac)
AK 1974
x x
Cherry Sunburst Stain
High Polish,
Black High Polish or
White High Polish
Morrigan Custom
x x
Morrigan Pro
x
x
silver, blue, red, black
* Lacquered maple neck
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Pickups & Hardware
Good wood is important as well as a solid construction and a sound design. But this means nothing if it isn’t comple­mented with high quality components. Pickups are responsible for the sound of the instrument; precision is an impor­tant point that reflects quality too. Nut, bridge construction and tuning machines are only going to last if they are built thoroughly and meticulously with high quality materials. Not for nothing are they responsible for good tuning. Framus uses the best components only from the best manufacturers and also its own, which bear the Framus label.
Pickup configurations
The story begins in 1978 in Santa Barbara, California when Seymour Duncan founded his company with the same name and his ideas about electrical signal transformation into audible success started. His early-developed talent created an around the globe successful company that always meant to preserve one thing: the spirit of a Seymour Duncan. The worldwide famous first-class pickups that bear his name are installed in all Framus models with the exception of the AZ-10, and they are meant to fit each guitar according to its tonal characteristics and outfitted with diverse switching combinations. The following table describes the pickup combination available in each standard Framus model:
PICKUPS
Neck HB TB SC SC-HB Middle (SC) Bridge HB TB SC HB (coil
splitting)
Metal-
cover
Diablo Custom
SH-R1
x
SSL-1 (RW/RP) STB-4
x x -
Diablo Custom, 7-string
SSL-2
x
SSL-2 (RW/RP) SH7-4
x x -
Diablo Pro
SHR-1
x
SSL-1 (RW/RP) STB-4
x x -
Diablo Light Scotch
SSL-1
x
SSL-1 (RW/RP) SH-3
x x -
Panthera Custom
SH-1
x
SH-4
x - x
Panthera Custom, 7-string
SH7-1
x
SH7-4
x - x
Panthera Pro
SH-1
x
SH-4
x - x
Panthera Studio Custom
APH-1
x
APS-1 (RW/RP) SH-5
x x -
Panthera Studio Custom, 7-string
SH7-1
x
SSL-2 (RW/RP) SH7-5
x x -
Panthera Studio Pro
APH-1
x
APS-1 (RW/RP) SH-5
x x -
Renegade Custom
SH-1
x
SH-4
x x x
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