Compensator Issues on a Franklin

A. B. Traynor · Posted 13 Feb 2006 10:51 pm

Please disregard this post. I will call the Franklin Guitar Co. tomorrow and sort this out.

[This message was edited by A. B. Traynor on 13 February 2006 at 11:04 PM.]

Gary Spaeth · From: Wisconsin, USA

what does a compensator look like and how do they work?

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Depending on what type of compensator you are talking about.

The Franklin's have adjustable "drop return" compensators so that strings that both raise and lower can be adjusted to come back in tune from the lower. They are on my Franklin and work very well. Zum uses or did use this approach as, I think, several others did too. The Franklin was the the first one, that I know of, that had them and one of the main selling points when I bought mine.

There are other types of compensators that will bring strings back in tune, e.g. the 4th string will tend to go flat when the A and/or B pedals are mashed - a compensator can be installed that will keep that string on pitch.

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