c1947 HOFNER / FRAMUS MODEL 465 ARCHTOP GUITAR



PHOTOS TAKEN FOR THE 1948/50 FRAMUS CATALOGUE, BUT NEVER USED FOLLOWING THE COMMENCEMENT OF SEPARATE MANUFACTURE BY WALTER & JOSEPH HOFNER. 


 (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WILFER FAMILY & CHRISTIAN HOYER OF THE FRAMUS VINTAGE WEBSITE, GERMANY):




  
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Note the optional "rising sun" rosewood/maple body back.

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Scan from out of the 1948 Framus main catalogue.




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