Framus 5/116-54 New Sound Television, 1966 - which Strings?

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Hi Friends,

just some days ago I´ve got the second Framus in my life.
It´s a 1966 Framus 5/116-54 New Sound Television - and I already love it!
It looks stunning & the sound is amazing!



Only issue is - string buzz...

I assume the currently fitted strings do not fit the guitar well so I´d be very interested
to learn what type/weight of stings this guitar needs/was equipped with from factory?

Thanks & best wishes
Mat

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Looking great! You don’t state what you don’t like about the current strings? Too floppy?

Popular replacements by Framus then were “Billy Lorento Strings” which were flatwounds. A matter of taste I’d say. If you’d say that back then strings were quite heavy gauge, I won’t argue with you, I wasn’t around to know about it. But why suffer?

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Sorry for lazy reply morale on my end... Been away and offline some time;-)
What I dońt like is that the 5. + 6. string have a tendency to buzz when I play just a bit rough.
Playing a baseline with the thumb is nearly impossible without buzzing...
Will try a more heavy set of strings next time.