Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I hope someone can help me find out something about my guitar. As the title suggests, it's a 12 string acoustic with 'The Hawk' embossed on the headstock. If anyone can tell me anything about it, I'd be really grateful.
I bought it at a flea market for £50 about 7 years ago. It was a bit of a rash, impulsive purchase as it was strung in a chaotic fashion with what looked like rusty old wires. There was no way I could have checked if it was playable. However, I'd wanted an affordable 12 string for some time, the instrument looked like it had a bit of history to it and I was in a mood to take a risk.
When I took it home and restrung it, I found that it sounded great. The trouble is, it has a very wide, thick neck and the action, to use someone else’s words, is the kind normally seen on a longbow.
Until recently, I couldn't find anything written about it nor find anyone who had heard of it. A few days ago I found a brief reference to it on a message board that suggested it may have been made in the 60s or 70s by Framus as an unbranded export. I find that quite exciting.
I hit gold not long after and actually found a video of someone playing The Hawk and a Swedish bluesman called Bottleneck John at that! His is much less scuffed up than mine.
Enough waffling from me, here are some photos:
Bottleneck John- http://www.bigroadblues.com/forum/viewt ... f=3&t=9309
It's not a great guitar. It's really hard for me to play for very long as the wide neck makes my hand ache terribly, even now the action has been dropped. It does have a great deal of character though.