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Forest Farmer
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Franklin pedal

Post by Forest Farmer »

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY TAB FOR USING A "FRANKLIN " PEDAL, loWERING 5-10 B'S A FULL STEP TO A?

Thanks, Forest
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Paddy Long
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Post by Paddy Long »

Forest, Paul has a teaching course on uses for this pedal!
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Paul Sutherland
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Post by Paul Sutherland »

The change you described is not the full Franklin pedal. To have the full or complete Franklin pedal you have to also lower the sixth string a full step (from G# to F#). Paul Franklin lowers all three strings (5,6, & 10) a full step on one pedal. Many players, however, split this into two pedals (or levers). The change you described is useful and somewhat common, but it is only part of a split Franklin pedal.
Forest Farmer
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Post by Forest Farmer »

Thanks guys! Ordered out this am, Y'all good!!

Forest
Ron Funk
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Post by Ron Funk »

Could anyone name a few slow ballad recordings that are prime examples of how Paul used this change? That might help the uninformed. Thanks
Fred Amendola
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Post by Fred Amendola »

A good example is
You Are the Love of my Life- by Sammy Kershaw
Tab is on Rebel's site in the 1997 section:
http://users.interlinks.net/rebel/steel/1997.html

Hope this Helps
Fred
Steve Geis
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Post by Steve Geis »

I use it on the fills in the chorus of Keeper of the Stars. Slow tune & you can hear it real well. At least that's what I hear & what I do. Very effective/pretty.
Marcel Parijs
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Post by Marcel Parijs »

Hello Forest,

I'm a little to late for this reaction but maybe it helps you out a little bit. Paul use his PF-lever also in combination with the E-lower knee lever.
a Little example is a lick in F:

4&5 string on 15 fret with A-pedal down, slide to 13 fret, the E-lower knee lever in, Let A-pedal lose, them comes your B-lower(Franklin Pedal) in, then let the B-lower(Franklin Pedal)comming up, at the same time you push the A-pedal one more time down and up.

Sorry, I haven't a Tab for it. But I hope I help you out. You can use this in several solo's or intro's

Sincerely,

Marcel
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Post by Marcel Parijs »

Correction:

4&5 string on 15 fret with A-pedal down, slide to 13 fret, the E-lower knee lever in, Let A-pedal lose, them comes your B-lower(Franklin Pedal) in, then let the B-lower(Franklin Pedal)comming up, at the same time you push the A-pedal one more time down and also at the same time bring your E-Lower back and let your A-pedal comming up.

Greetz Marcel
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Post by Marcel Parijs »

Here is a example of this lick. It start from the counter 0.18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q_CyPDb ... re=related

Greetz Marcel
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