USED Framus Sorento Circa 1970 Ser # 05895 – 70b

You are looking at a Used Framus Sorento Circa 1970 Ser # 05895 – 70b

Description:

• Offered here is a vintage 1970 Framus 07301 Billy Lorento, made in Germany. This is a particularly interesting and increasingly difficult-to-find Framus semi-hollow from the company’s late-1960s/early-1970s period.The guitar dates to February 1970, based on the original Framus headstock stamp 05895-70-B. Framus’ dating system uses the two-digit year followed by a letter indicating the production month, making “70 B” February 1970.

  The 07301 was one of the later instruments to carry the Billy Lorento name. Billy Lorento was the stage name of German guitarist and pickup/electronics designer Willi Lorenz Stich, who later became famous in the United States as Bill Lawrence. Framus continued the Billy Lorento line into the 1970s, with the 07301 being one of the final semi-acoustic models bearing the name.

• One of the distinctive features of this model is the fully closed semi-hollow body — there are no traditional F-holes or painted/faux F-holes. It has the look and resonance of a vintage German thinline/semi-acoustic while retaining a very distinctive Framus design.The combination of the thin arched body, ebony fingerboard, two single-coil pickups, three-control layout and Framus Bigsby-style vibrato gives this guitar a very different character from the more common Gibson-style semi-hollows of the period.

  This is also an interesting piece of the Billy Lorento/Bill Lawrence story. Lorento worked closely with Framus beginning in the 1950s and was involved in pickup and electronics development before eventually moving to the United States and becoming known as Bill Lawrence.

  Condition
  Please study all photographs carefully for the cosmetic condition. The guitar shows the expected signs of age and use for a vintage instrument of this era, including finish wear, marks and hardware patina.

• This product is used and may have dents or scratches not photographed and sold as is.

Specs:

• Manufacturer: Framus
• Model: 07301 Billy Lorento
• Year: 1970
• Production: February 1970
• Made in: Germany
• Serial/production stamp: 05895-70-B
• Body: Thin semi-hollow / semi-acoustic construction
• Body: Arched and laminated with rounded double cutaways
• Finish: Vintage sunburst
• Neck: Set-neck construction
• Fingerboard: Ebony with vintage inlays
• Pickups: Two Framus single-coil pickups
• Controls: Three knobs
• Pickup selector: Three-way toggle switch
• Bridge: Adjustable vintage Framus bridge
• Tremolo: Original-style Framus Bigsby-type vibrato/tremolo
• Hardware: Chrome/nickel-plated vintage hardware
• Headstock: Original-style Framus headstock with floral decoration