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Topic: Played a Franklin today |
Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 13 Sep 2015 9:14 pm |
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Today I had a chance to play #082 with Ruby Falls at Jubitz.
The pro's:
Clean and clear with great string separation
In your face volume and presence on every string
Easy quick short action
The C neck was maybe the most alive and clear sounding I have ever heard, like ever!
The con's:
I don't think I could find any
I can see why the studio guy's like this guitar, I think it would lay well in the track.
I can see why others use it on stage it cuts really well in a loud situation.
I can see why the local owner was interested.
Unless I steel it from him, I do not see where I would ever get the $$$ to get one,, but that is another story
So congrat's to my friend, we can have fun with it until another monster comes along.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 9:30 am
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| i've never played an franklin. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 9:39 am
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Years ago I subbed for Dan Tyack,It was a little gig in Long beach and Dan Left his Franklin for me to play...it was the first time that I played a steel guitar that didn't weigh a million pounds,I remember the spider web fretboards very cool guitars fer sure!
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 10:30 am
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| I had been playing a D-10 PP Emmons. The day I got my Franklin (new) and played it, that was the end of the Emmons and I sold it about 2 weeks later. As good a sound as the PP Emmons are I don't miss it. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 10:37 am
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I borrowed Mike Fried's D-10 Franklin for a gig one night in the mid 1980's, and with the first note I couldn't believe the loud highs. I had to crank down the high's on my Webb amp to not tear my head and ears off. I didn't know then how to properly evaluate pedal steels, so I can't chime in on playability. But for me the pronounced high end was a bummer. Are all Franklin's like that?
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 11:28 am
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I love these kinds of stories...
I was in an RV park in Bandera...I was practicing in my bus when a gentleman knocked on the door and asked if I gave lessons.....I said sure....He came back 10 minutes later with a mint black D10 8+9......I too was just in awe of the tone of this thing.....
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William Polka
From:
Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 14 Sep 2015 2:38 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| i've never played an franklin. |
Once again, Chris, you've made me laugh out loud. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 1:17 am
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dang, I just got a PP that I love, does this mean I have to get rid of it now ? 
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 2:17 am
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| Yes, Tony's on the lookout for a Franklin. LOL |
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Bill Quinn
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 3:28 am
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I have this one, it is one of the first Franklins, with a single digit serial number. It was Bobby Black's in his Asleep at the Wheel days.
Rebuilt and new mica by Mike Cass.
I may sell this sometime in the near future, not playing any C6th.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 8:00 am
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sorry....edited cause i was wrong.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 15 Sep 2015 8:05 am
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i had thought it was blue on the 'honky cat' album.
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 16 Sep 2015 1:38 am
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| I played a single neck Franklin at a bar in one of the northern suburbs of Chicago years ago when the band I was in played a set with the house bands equipment. I remember it being a nice Steel but, IMHO, I didn't think it sounded or played any better than a Zum or a JCH, and it certainly didn't have the classic tone of an old Sho Bud or a P/P. |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 16 Sep 2015 4:45 am
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| The meaning of this thread changes a lot depending on whether the OP is bad at grammar or bad at spelling. |
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