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Roy Carroll
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 8:29 am |
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This is some solid country picking by all of these guys, especially Paul.
Very very nice! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfF72bvrOIg
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 10:17 am
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Ron Shalita
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California, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 10:45 am
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THAT WAS GREAT!
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Jerry Horch
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Alva, Florida, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 2:54 pm Nice
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Guess I'm a little partial....but I love the sound of that axe....
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Franklin D10 /Walker Sterio Steel JBL's /DigiTech Quad4/ Korg Toneworks/ Dobro DM 1000 / Santa Cruz Guitar VA |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 4:12 pm
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| That was awesome. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2020 5:56 pm
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OMG; that Franklin(looks like all wood lacquered, even neck) sounds a LOT like a freakin Sho~bud.
Oh Wait!! Paul's Dad> Paul Franklin Sr...(please continue to get well Dad) is the one all through the 70's corrected ALL of Sho~bud's mistakes and built most all Custom orders for Sho~bud and etc...(I can go on and on); so YES...he knows how to build a pedal steel that can ACTUALLY sound like that old school Pedal Steel Guitar era.
AWESOME Paul...and you looked and played with excitement...you were diggin it man.
Ricky
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Jerry Horch
From:
Alva, Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2020 10:17 am Wow
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wow....gotta let the hair on the back of my neck settle back down...
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 15 Aug 2020 4:47 pm
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| Thanks Roy....Every one of these Pro’s are “on itâ€! It’s a pleasure to watch/hear them in the studio. Great to hear Master Paul leading the way! How much fun can you have “at workâ€!? Carl |
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Roy Carroll
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North of a Round Rock
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Posted 17 Aug 2020 7:18 am
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Thanks guys for the comments. All of that session is killer! You are right Ricky, it does sound like a old Sho-Bud. Sweeeeet!
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Tomi Graso
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Sydney / Australia
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Posted 17 Aug 2020 10:59 pm
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Single Coils too on that wood body Franklin.
They look like TrueTones... |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2020 5:14 am
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Single Coils too on that wood body Franklin.
They look like TrueTones... |
Wow I didn't even notice that Tomi; good eye man. Yes those do "Look like" TrueTone's and just reminded me how much I miss my friend Jerry Wallace....RIP 
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Last edited by Ricky Davis on 19 Aug 2020 5:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Robert Jones
From:
Branson, Missouri
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Posted 18 Aug 2020 1:53 pm
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Simply awesome. Please correct me if I'm wrong but is that Brent Masson playing the Keyboard? I may be mistaken but it sure looks like him. Great playing too!
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"Life is too short for bad tone."
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 18 Aug 2020 5:13 pm
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| I thought so too Robert, except at the very end when he looks up, not sure if it's him. |
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Tomi Graso
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Sydney / Australia
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Posted 18 Aug 2020 11:42 pm
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| Hey Ricky, This was after i watched that video for about 10 times i paused it and noticed single coils on Paul' guitar. Sounds awesome .. and so are you my friend. Been watching your videos on Youtube, very inspiring ! Lot to learn from. |
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Franklin
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 2:43 am
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...Those pickups were old Sho Bud casings that were never wired. My father had them from the 70's so I had Russ Pahl wind coil on them...These pickups are exactly as Sho-Bud made them.
A big tonal contributing factor is Amaranth wood fronts, necks, and back plus a Birdseye maple top...That is also the same guitar used on my Christmas CD which interestingly sounds different.
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Roy Carroll
From:
North of a Round Rock
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 4:28 am
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Paul, I have listened to that Christmas album a dozen times,
trying to figure out where that tone came from! I finally assumed that it was just the studio. Now I know!
Can you post the copedent for that guitar? It seems to have
a lot of different raises and lowers in the brief look at the end plate. Thanks to All for posting.
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Tomi Graso
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Sydney / Australia
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 4:46 am
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Thank you so much Paul for clarifying about single coils on your guitar. I must say that tune you played on is so adictive to listen to. So much so that i sat behind my steel and try to learn your part...well as much as i could.
Also a quick question Paul; as you move your bar down the fretboard, it looks like you are lifting it a bit for every phrase...was this you having fun or it was itentional ? I am sorry if I asked a silly question...
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Franklin
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 12:24 pm
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Hi Tomi,
Its not a dumb question at all...I never lift the bar unless I am doing hammer ons and offs..What you see is as I slide I never keep the same downward pressure as I have at the frets I land on. At those frets I can use so many variances for my emotional input...How to pull tone out of the guitar is a bar control lesson in my course. Everyone tends to look for "One size fits all" for how the instrument is played...The bar is the heart and soul of the musician and I believe it is the most overlooked element...Once players get a clean note without rattling they assume they have it down.
These songs were improvised. We were all given a chord chart - that's it! I had no idea what melody I would play. I was asked to think Buck Owens verse meets the Munsters bridge...This was a fun project...Nobody came in rehearsed and we had an hour to get the video shots together and then we let her rip...We had so much fun there is talk of doing a CD project with this concept.
Hi Roy,
Its the same setup...
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 12:52 pm
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That was terrific, Paul! Nothing like changing the usual context to spark creativity. Your point about bar control is profound. When you look at the Indian virtuoso players - like Debashish Bhattacharya - you can see how hard they've worked to be able to express such a wide range of nuance with the bar.
Stopping the instrument from making sounds in a very musical way is another aspect that I think is generally under-explained. Part of the reason Joaquin's lines had that beautiful, singing flow was the subtle brilliance of his pick blocking.
Lastly, I'd certainly buy that concept CD!
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Tomi Graso
From:
Sydney / Australia
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Posted 19 Aug 2020 2:45 pm
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Thank you Paul, really appreciate that !
Next step is a Paul Franklin Method : )
Really enjoyed your work with this new band.
Cant wait for the CD to come out.
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