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Topic: Lets talk about "Franklins".
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Eddie Mulray
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posted 18 August 2002 05:18 PM
I haven't been a Forum member very long-maybe three months. I never seem to find much about "Franklin" steels. I play an Emmons myself but I am familar with the Franklin name and it's builder. I never see one on TV or in consert. Does anyone besides Paul Jr. play one? sliding away,
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Bob Hoffnar
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 18 August 2002 05:49 PM
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I play a Franklin D10 as my main steel. For recording there is nothing like it.Bob |
Reggie Duncan
Member From: Mississippi
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posted 18 August 2002 05:59 PM
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Mike Johnson. |
Richard Sinkler
Member From: Fremont, California
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posted 18 August 2002 06:23 PM
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Bobby Black played one for a while. Great guitars.Now what about Ben Franklin?  ------------------
Carter D10 9p/10k
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Brandin
Member From: Newport Beach CA. USA
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posted 18 August 2002 06:49 PM
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I play one, and it's black, like Bob's.
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Jim Smith
Member From: Plano, TX, USA
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posted 18 August 2002 07:13 PM
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Randle Currie plays a maroon D-10 Franklin with Brad Paisley. |
Bill Ford
Member From: Graniteville SC Aiken
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posted 18 August 2002 07:26 PM
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Donna Hamett used to play a Franklin,sounded pretty good to me.Although I think Donna could make almost any PSG sound good.MHOBill F. ------------------
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Jerry Overstreet
Member From: Louisville Ky
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posted 18 August 2002 07:26 PM
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Donna Hammitt w/ Bill Anderson
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Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 18 August 2002 07:36 PM
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I have 4 Franklin pedal instruments, and I have been hooked for over two decades now.
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Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 18 August 2002 07:38 PM
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Oh yeah, a couple of players who own and use Franklins are Bruce Bouton and Hal Rug. |
Jon Light
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 18 August 2002 07:52 PM
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There's something funny about Franklin owners/players. They don't tend to hoot and holler about their axes. I try to be the same although I'm sometimes compelled to counter people's bad manners and breeding regarding my choice in guitar (not Franklin). But the quiet going about their business way of Franklin folk has a real appeal. |
Jim Phelps
Member From: just out of Mexico City
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posted 18 August 2002 08:08 PM
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I've always found that the quiet guys are the best players; and the big talkin' hootin' and holler-ers about their "best" equipment and what great players they are .... are not!  [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 18 August 2002 at 08:12 PM.] |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 18 August 2002 08:34 PM
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I also play a black Franklin D-10. --bb |
Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 18 August 2002 09:47 PM
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You might have a point there, Jon. It might be that we Franklin players are low key and unassuming folks......Or maybe we want to keep a good thing to ourselves In terms of statistics, I imagine that something approaching 30-50% of all the top 20 singles in the last decade were recorded on a Franklin..... |
Lucky Oceans
Member From: Fremantle, W Australia, Australia
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posted 19 August 2002 12:10 AM
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When I play pedal steel, I still play my old Franklin serial# 008 that I bought from Dan Tyack in the early 80s. Excellent smooth blend for recording and very lightweight for live gigs. Until recently, my steel comrade from the other side of Australia, the fabulously musical and smooth Michel Rose (who'll be playing the convention in St. Louis with the 'Feral Swing Katz')also played a Franklin. |
Steve Stallings
Member From: Bremond, Tx, pop 876, Home of the fighting Bremond Tigers
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posted 19 August 2002 05:00 AM
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While all of these replies are true, I think the real reason you don't hear much about Franklins is simple math. Compared to the number of Emmons, Carters, Shobuds, Mullen, and Zums, I don't believe there are a whole bunch of these guitars out there. If memory serves me, I recall an article with Paul Jr. commenting that his dad only builds about 20 guitars a year. I'm kind of fuzzy on the exact number, but I remember being surprised that it was so few.That being said, they are wonderful guitars that are heard on a ton of hit records. ------------------
Steve Stallings
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CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 19 August 2002 05:28 AM
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i've been on this Forum for just over a couple of years and i've only seen 2 Franklins for sale here.
they must be Good axes. |
Wayne Cox
Member From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA
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posted 19 August 2002 12:51 PM
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I procured one a few years ago for a student of mine. He still loves it and I'm still envious!
W.C. |
Steve Feldman
Member From: Millbury, MA USA
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posted 19 August 2002 05:07 PM
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Well, maybe just a little hooting and hollering... http://webpages.charter.net/zoeeko/DSC00093a.JPG [This message was edited by Steve Feldman on 19 August 2002 at 05:09 PM.]
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Eddie Mulray
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posted 19 August 2002 06:38 PM
Thanks everyone for all your nice replies.Yes, I realize that a Franklin is being played on a vast number of recordings coming out of Nashville today. I also know who is playing it. I,ll leave it at that. In 1982 or ,83 I was in Duane Marrs shop in Nashville and Paul Franklin Sr. happened to be in the shop. There also was a nearly new Franklin sitting on the floor. I talked with Paul Sr. for a good while and got look the steel over and play it. It seemed like a great instrument to me. I could,nt afford it at the time and later bought an Emmons. I,ve always wondered about hte "Franklin". |
Brett Day
Member From: Greer, SC, USA
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posted 19 August 2002 07:13 PM
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Randle Currie who is now on tour with Brad Paisley plays a Franklin and the sound is incredible. Also, Teddy Carr, a steel player for a band called Ricochet played a Franklin. The Franklin he played was a 1994 model. He played the Franklin from 1994 to 2000. Teddy left Ricochet in 2000. Brett Day, Emmons S-10 |
Derek Duplessie
Member From: La Jolla CA USA
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posted 21 August 2002 12:23 PM
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I have a franklin now and i just put an order
in for a new (dark blue)one!I've never played
a guitar that played or sounded better in my
life!!!!!!!Instead of being made in a factory
by machines,these guitars are hand made in
paul sr. house.It takes about a year to get
one if you order it new and no one usually
ever sells them used.Mike Johnson,Paul F.,
Bruce Bouton plays them (pretty much all the
main studio players).I wouldn't sell my guitar if someone payed me!They are great investments also because there just aren't
many out there.I'm glad to hear there are other franklin players out there too! -Derek |
Johan Jansen
Member From: Europe
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posted 21 August 2002 12:56 PM
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It's a very, very good machine that produces a silk sound with a golden edge. Also in rock music, the way Dan Tyack playes trough a pushed tube-amp, it gives a sound nothing can beat!
It's a dreamguitar!
JJ |
John Bechtel
Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.
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posted 21 August 2002 02:07 PM
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Well, here goes my two cents! I've been playing a Franklin D-10 since 1980. I had #024,#069,and in Nov., '02, I picked up #0192 of the D-10 Mod. My latest guitar is a D-10 (9 & 8) with Lawrence L-710 p/u's, and the color is Dark Laurel. A beautiful looking/sounding guitar! All three guitars were superb quality, nothing like them! "Big John" Bechtel w/Peavey Classic 50/212, E–LG Sound Enhancer, Phoenix Red-Rajah and Goodrich L-120 V/P. [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 16 November 2003 at 04:44 PM.] [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 16 November 2003 at 04:52 PM.] [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 16 November 2003 at 04:56 PM.] |
Bob Lawrence
Member From: Lwr Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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posted 09 September 2002 09:35 PM
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I put a down payment on a Franklin D-10 in St Louis this year. I should have it in about a year from now. ------------------
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Larry King
Member From: Watts, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 10 September 2002 04:12 AM
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I recall seeing Stu Basore playing a Franklin and IMO he is one the most underated guys.....I don't see his name very often but he's a great person and commands his instrument. |
KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 10 September 2002 10:21 AM
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The last time I seen Stu Basore on steel,he was playing a Zum. He played a Franklin when he was playing for Porter Waggoner on Nashville On The Road about 20 years ago. |
Del Rangel
Member From: Sacramento, CA, USA
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posted 10 September 2002 12:57 PM
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Does anyone know if Franklin will ever build anymore Pedabros? Just got the Resocasters CD and believe it is a great instrument. |
Bob Lawrence
Member From: Lwr Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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posted 15 November 2003 05:54 AM
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I will have my new Franklin before Xmas. Del Rangel: I asked the same question and was told by Mr Franklin Sr. that there where only 25 made and that's it. No more, not even for $10,000. ------------------
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Tony Prior
Member From: Charlotte NC
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posted 15 November 2003 06:07 AM
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And not to mention that it is currently one of the most dominant sounds on recordings today..thanks Paul...if not the most dominant Steel on recordings.Maybe overlooked and not talked about by those that frequent Forums.( that would be us ) but.. Clearly the Franklin Steel is a dominant factor in todays Steel Guitar society..
Paul with Brent...
Mike with Brad...
Randall with Brad ..
pretty much tells the story... T
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Andy Schick
Member From: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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posted 15 November 2003 06:08 AM
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I have a D10 #014 Franklin.
Love it.
I also know of 2 other D10's and 1 S10 up here in Ontario, Canada.
Great guitars and great people.
Thanks Andy |
Theresa Galbraith
Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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posted 15 November 2003 07:30 AM
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Bob,
Your Franklin will be sent to you Monday 17th.
Let us know when it arrives & if it's ok.
Thanks, Theresa |
Roy Thomson
Member From: Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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posted 15 November 2003 08:52 AM
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Congratulations Bob!!!
Looks like you are going to have
an early visit from Santa this year.
Probably around Thursday I will pitch my tent on your front lawn. Ho! Ho!I had the pleasure to visit with Paul Sr. several years ago. A fine gentleman who talked so much he missed 3 calls for supper from Mrs.Franklin. He almost made the second one but we started talking about the commersial genius of Pete Drake. He had under his carport a world map with stick pins all over it. When I asked about that he said it was how he kept tabs on where the people were from who bought his Franklin guitars. He finally did make it for supper but his wife was not too happy. When I went out to the car my driver had fallen asleep while waiting. He wasn't too happy with me either.
 I wish you many years of enjoyment with your
forthcoming steel guitar treasure and thanks for puttin Nova Scotia on the Map. Roy
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Niklas Widen
Member From: Uppsala, Sweden
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posted 15 November 2003 10:10 AM
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Speaking of Franklins, what's the current list price for a D-10? /Nicke Widén |
Wayne Cox
Member From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA
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posted 15 November 2003 03:30 PM
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I'm not sure if I am overstepping my bounds here or not,but I'll share this tidbit of info with everyone who wants to know about Franklins. Even though I do not own one,Paul senior's craftsmanship and perfectionism is almost legendary. Years ago I got one for a student. I went over it pretty good,top to bottom. It was immaculate and mechanically as perfect as a steel can be. Even though it had a great tone,there was something odd about the tone I couldn't identify immediately. After some pondering,I realized it had no overtones but still had plenty of sustain. My curiosity got the better of me,so I called Paul Senior and asked him about this. Paul informed me that the guitar was designed that way on purpose for recording purposes. He said that both he and Paul Jr. felt it had fewer tuning problems especially the infamous clash between steel and other instruments in a studio enviroment.
Both Paul Senior and Paul Junior are honest,so I have no reason to doubt their sincerety on this subject. It is my opinion that anyone who owns a Franklin can be proud he/she owns it!
~~W.C.~~ |
BobbeSeymour
Member From: Hendersonville TN USA
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posted 15 November 2003 03:37 PM
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Wayne, I'd like to ditto your feelings of the guitar. Craftsmanship? Beyond the call of great. Bks |
Morten Sand
Member From: Brumunddal, Norway
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posted 15 November 2003 04:02 PM
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Hi.
This is Morten Sand from Norway.
I've got a Franklin D-10 serial # 002
It's a great guitar(the best I've ever played)MR.FRANKLIN SR.)you are a WIZZARD.
www.morten-sand.com
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Lee Baucum
Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier
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posted 15 November 2003 07:16 PM
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Steve - That's a great looking guitar.Tell us about the handle on the floor.
A secret escape hatch?
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Lee, from South Texas
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Theresa Galbraith
Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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posted 16 November 2003 01:14 PM
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Steve,
Please tell us. Are you still playing barefoot?
We really miss your posts!
Theresa |
BobbeSeymour
Member From: Hendersonville TN USA
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posted 16 November 2003 07:59 PM
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He has two feet, but doesn't use them as a rule. (triple meaning here) Bks, |
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