I'm a big fan too, and I'd never call his music pop. That was due to deejay's who overplayed some of his syrupy tunes, which became huge.
The guitar on the cover of 'Frampton Comes Alive' is an early /60's Gibson Les Paul Custom, black, modified w/ 3 p/u's. It seemingly died in a cargo plane crash in the early 70's and was amazingly found in the hands of a Carribean musician, and returned to him in 2012.
Frampton is a big fan of Django, and there are 2 splendid Djangoesque tunes on his cd 'Thank you Mr. Churchill' from 2010.
I once drove about 500 miles to see his show, in 1972. I really wanted to be in his band.
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