John Lennon's Missing Framus 12 String - Help required as I might need to raise $6 million

Stuob

Exactly. How did it go from a Beatles guitar to somebodies attic worth nothing and back to a Beatles guitar?  

jonnyburgo

The Auctioneers description probably reads "The action is a little high but sounds great for slide" Guitarist code for "piece of shit"

Supportact

2000 for the Framus. 

guitarjack66

I suspect that the people who 'discovered' it knew Lennon or his family and it was given to them as a favour or for a gig and he wasn't arsed about taking it back later. It's not as if he was short of guitars was it?

OilCityPickups

jonnyburgo said:

The Auctioneers description probably reads "The action is a little high but sounds great for slide" Guitarist code for "piece of shit"

That's sort of what I'd expect for a twelve string that's around the same age as me - I doubt it would have been stored with the strings slackened, so it's probably collapsed inwards to some degree. It's not as if anyone's going to buy it to play is it?

AlbertC

Stuob said:

Exactly. How did it go from a Beatles guitar to somebodies attic worth nothing and back to a Beatles guitar?  

If you read the article it tells you