Help me identifying this strange Pedal Steel

[Peter Moller]

Thanks fellas!

[Johan Jansen]

Framus 2000, later replaced by the ABM. It's the same beast. Had one for years. Hard to handle but good to learn.
JJ

[Charlie McDonald]

Congratulations on a great deal, Peter, and thanks for the Joni Mitchell link (I was just writing about her) with Greg Leisz at Yasgur's Farm.
The steel on her stuff, like the return to Woodstock, long overdue.

[chris ivey]

A couple of new ICs in the 400 and should be golden. ..Great deal! Congrats.

why? he said there were no problems.

[Alan Brookes]

My immediate thought was that it's a Framus. I bought a used Framus long-necked banjo in the early 60s, and later I bought one of their lap steels with tuning levers, both of which were very robustly made and play well. You got a bargain for the price. The Peavey amp thrown in makes it even more so.

[Peter Moller]

Thanks guys. I'm really happy for it. Working on the pedal slack, and trying to adjust to a lighter action, as it's a bit stiff - but It plays very nicely and sounds amazing!
Does anybody have any documentation for the framus/mueller guitars?
Only thing I find a bit limiting is the absence of g lowering knee pedal (G to Ab) but there are luckily many other ways to play minor chords though.

[Peter Moller]

Btw. As promised a couple of pictures. It utilizes the same changer as the Sho Bud Fingertips I'm told.

[Alan Brookes]

Yes, that looks like a Sho-Bud Fingertip mechanism to me.