Hey: While we were Not able to trace back your fuerstenberg Guitar, there still is some informational benefit here! You're right, our discussion has been most illuminating. As for the Fuerstenberg I'm sure in my mind it was made in Japan, but like my solid bodied Janock I'm destined to live wonder ...

RB hat geschrieben:. These guitars were still Stauffer-models with "ice-cone"-heel and something like a keyhole in the cone, just look at this:

I once saw a guitar with a 'keyhole' and wondered about it; I had no idea what it was for!

I owned a 12 string guitar by Höfner, imagine my face when I took the strings off for the first time and the neck fell off from the body ! The neck had a hook at the place where a neck bklock would begin and that hook fit into an eye on the opposite side. Hook or eye could be raised and lowered by ...

It sure looks like some kind of Martin copy with elements of the D-35 (three piece back) and some higher appointments on the top side but as for the brand: I must confess I have no clue. I was in the guitar world in the 70s too and I can not remember ever having stumbled acoss one of these. I'm sur...

Hello, there a few Fuerstenberg guitars offered on Ebay (C 100, C 140). Farfisa is now owned by Musicstore, check: http://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Allgemeine-Seiten/Music-Store-Die-Story/cat-Home-MusicStoreDieStory Hi Hei Thank you Doc, I'll have a look at Musicstore. I have seen the occasional ...

I remember Fuerstenberg in the 70s as a brand for low priced nylon string guitars with an average quality (regarding the price). - I don't know the shown steel string, similiar Japan made instruments had been in the market under different brands (Terada, luxor, Watson, Morris, ...) Thank you RWE. W...

hi Usky, there is a German Person in the Internet who wrote: Fürstenberg Guitars are not handmade in Germany, but they sailed them under the Company Farfisa. And the Guitars will probably come from Asia... But I think there will come some more qualified answers soon here. Thanks Silver. I think I m...

Hi, feel free to communicate in English. Pictures would be helpful and while you offer some I am not able to open them. Would you please check that out, I am courious about the Guitar. Thanks for your interest. There seems to be a problem with my server, so I've posted some images to yfrog. Try: ht...

Guten morgen. Please forgive me for writing in English, my German is very poor. I am trying to find information about an acoustic guitar purchased in Essen in the mid 1970s. The guitar was marketed under the name Fuerstenberg with the model number W-40D. The manufacturer's label says it was distribu...