Syd Barrett’s Framus 5/97

There are a few photos from 1964 showing Syd Barrett with an acoustic guitar in the backyard of his Cambridge home. Despite searching through numerous images of old Hofners, Harmonies, and various obscure European brands, we couldn’t identify the exact model. However, thanks to Emmet, the mystery has been solved – it’s a Framus 5/97.

It appears that Syd started using this guitar around early 1963, and it was likely the one he played during acoustic gigs around Cambridge with David Gilmour, whom he had met at Cambridge Technical College.