Paul Franklin's Pickups

Steve Mueller · Post by **Steve Mueller** » 15 May 2020 8:08 pm

Is he using BL 710's?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 15 May 2020 9:03 pm

Which Franklin Pedal steel are you asking about??
Paul Franklin Sr. usually makes his own pickups.
Ricky

Steve Mueller · Post by **Steve Mueller** » 16 May 2020 2:59 am

The black one he uses on his lessons.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 16 May 2020 5:20 am

Yes those with the two rows of single round magnets are not Paul Sr. made; so I would say Bill Lawrence 710.
Ricky

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 16 May 2020 5:52 am

Paul Sr, quit building his own pickups years ago. My (late) 82 Franklin came with Lawrence 705's. Paul told me he couldn't build pickups as good as the Lawrence so he quit making them.

Last time I talked to Paul Sr about the pickups in his son's guitars he told me some were 705's and some were 710's. This was about 5 years ago, the last time I visited Paul Sr at his house in Madison.

Austin Tripp · Post by **Austin Tripp** » 16 May 2020 7:20 am

Paulâ€™s black Franklin that he uses in the lessons are 710s.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 16 May 2020 8:41 am

OH thanks Jack for the info about Paul Sr.
So there ya go....like Austin Said; those in the Black one are BL 710's and the ones with two straight metal lines are BL 705's....Done deal. (both those are my favorite Humbucker pickups; but I don't use them as I use a Sho~bud single coil wound by Harry Jackson)
Ricky

Charley Hill · Post by **Charley Hill** » 18 May 2020 10:26 am

Austin Tripp wrote:Paulâ€™s black Franklin that he uses in the lessons are 710s.

Are you new to the forum, sir?

Austin Tripp · Post by **Austin Tripp** » 18 May 2020 8:33 pm

Charley Hill, Im a lingerer! Haha!

Charley Hill · Post by **Charley Hill** » 19 May 2020 4:33 am

Austin Tripp wrote:Charley Hill, Im a lingerer! Haha!

Come see me at the cabin sometime......another ride on the Harleys soon.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 19 May 2020 6:23 pm

As Jack said above, some of Paul's guitars have Chrome 705's on them and some have 710's.
my 1994 Franklin D10 has 710's on it and they are the original pickups on that guitar.