Framus Star Bass

[NikNik]

Never seen one of these before, possibly moddled after the Dan Armstrong bass with sliding pickup.  Shame about the tuner bodge. And what are those six holes in a seemingly symmetrical shape?

[BetaFunk]

22 minutes ago, NikNik said:

Never seen one of these before, possibly moddled after the Dan Armstrong bass with sliding pickup.  Shame about the tuner bodge. And what are those six holes in a seemingly symmetrical shape?

That's interesting. They did have a siding/moveable pick-up but it looks really odd with those replacement tuners as the originals were the much smaller guitar type tuners that many short scale basses of that era used. 

[BigRedX]

Any chance of posting some photos for those of us who don't do Facebook?

[NikNik]

[chris_b]

The tuners on my Framus Star bass were one of the first things to break. They were plastic buttons on a metal shaft and the plastic broke off in no time at all. I replaced them with tuners bought at a local shop. They worked but never looked right.

[BigRedX]

There's a thread about a similar looking model on TalkBass.

 

Those filled holes in the headstock appear to be where the original A and D string machine heads went. Obviously they were too close to the others for the replacement tuners.

 

Edit: according to the Vintage Framus website it's actually a Hollywood Bass

Edited March 29, 2023 by BigRedX