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Topic: How many Franklin owners out there ? |
Bill Lowe
From:
Connecticut
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 4:35 pm |
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My 1982 9&5
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 5:40 pm
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| The first one I ever saw was Robbie Flints' , a black D10.. I wonder if he still has it. I think it was about 1980 |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 7:05 pm
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Hey Dan Tyack, Lucky still has that Franklin he bought off you, he played it here in my hometown last week and it still sounds pretty good !
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 3:28 am
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I know for a fact, Paul built a S-12 with a Bb 6 th for Willie Honeycutt in the 80's
I played it for a month or so while waiting on a new guitar to be built.. Great Guitar...not sure where it is now.. |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 6:06 am
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Teddy Carr, who played steel with the band Ricochet played a black 1994 Franklin D-10. I believe the 1994 Franklin guitar Teddy played is now Steve Feldman's guitar.
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Steve Raulston
From:
U.S.A. (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 10:07 am
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| Hello Bret! Not attempting to debate with you, but I sold my 1994 D10 To Teddy back in 98 and it was dark Grey not black. It did have a black top, but the front and apron were Grey. I have always regretted selling that one, but I have the brother to it to this day. Great guitars in every regard. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 11:00 am
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Here is a picture of my S/N 65 from a show we did at the Tampa Fl Shriners last Saturday night.
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 2:36 pm
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David,That guitar was up here when Willie left,The club owner took it for some money that was owed...I can do some asking around and see where it wound up. 
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2010 10:56 am
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I am fortunate to have one of two or maybe three wood neck Franklins. It is sweet to say the least - and beautiful!
TC |
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2010 2:33 pm
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| Paul Sr. told me that my D-10 was originally built for Tony Rankin though it came to me from Bob Hoffnar. I don't know if it went through other hands in-between. I'll be forever indebted to the previous owners for passing it along. |
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Don Hemmer
From:
Krum TX USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2010 7:03 am Franklin S-12
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Paul Sr. builds a great 12 string. Here are two 12 string guitars Universals he built for me.
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Keith Currie
From:
Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 11 Oct 2010 12:08 pm
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My D-10 2003 ser# 197
Keith |
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Ray Kedge
From:
Middlesex, England
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Posted 12 Oct 2010 1:24 am Franklin Owners
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Just looking at the comments,Emmons clone,and that being disputed about how different they are with regard to undercarridge ect. and tone,and yet you look at the pictures how many different pick ups are being used on the guitars,do not the original Franklin pick ups give the guitar it's supposed unique sound,Why change, if thats why you buy the guitar in the first place.
How many guys have changed the pick ups and why!!
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 12 Oct 2010 1:54 am
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My Franklin came with Lawrence 705's. I changed them to Lawrence 710's. The 710's do not change the characteristic Franklin tone, but do have better string "separation" compared to the 705.
A good pickup is "transparent" and does not alter the characteristic tone of a guitar. My friend Don Sulesky's Emmons Legrande II has Lawrence 710 pickups on it but it still has the familiar Emmons tone. It didn't alter the tone from the original single coil pickups (but the 710's did eliminate the single coil tendency to hum). |
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Lucky Oceans
From:
Fremantle, W Australia, Australia
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Posted 12 Oct 2010 5:10 am
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| I did buy mine from Dan Tyack and it's still my main guitar - number 008. |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Oct 2010 1:51 pm Re: Franklin Owners
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| Ray, only the first guitars came with the Franklin single coil. From what I've gathered from talking with him, Mr. Franklin switched to BL pickups simply because he thought they were a great pickup. In my limited experience with the Franklin guitar, the BL pickups are what it seems to "want." Both of mine really opened up tonally when I switched. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Oct 2010 2:42 pm
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| Just looking at the comments,Emmons clone, ... do not the original Franklin pick ups give the guitar it's supposed unique sound,Why change, ... |
Emmons clone? Hardly. I've had my Emmons Legrande and my Franklin completely apart and in pieces, and put each back together. Different undercarriages, different feel and sound, but each a great guitar. My Franklin is pre-Legrande anyway, so no chance it could be a Legrande clone, by the very definition of 'clone'. Of course, it's an all-pull design, so it's obviously very different from a push-pull Emmons.
I wouldn't remotely think about changing the original single coil pickups on my Franklin. They sound fantastic, don't hum badly at all, they are sweeeeeet pickups - ask Mike Sweeney, who had a chance to play mine while working with him. I'm a big fan of Lawrence pickups - I use 'em on a couple of other guitars - but if it ain't broke, I ain't gonna fix it. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 13 Oct 2010 2:04 am
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| To add to what Kyle posted about the pickups. Paul (Sr) told me he couldn't build a pickup as good as the Lawrence 705 and the reason he started using them. |
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 13 Oct 2010 3:48 am
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Jack is right on about my LeGrande II and the 710's I have on my steel.
Shortly after I bought my new Emmons from Bobbe in 1999 I ordered the 710's and the tone did not change.
Jack installed them for me.
They are hot pickups and do need to be further from the strings though.
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Brian McGaughey
From:
Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2010 7:03 am
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Last edited by Brian McGaughey on 20 Mar 2012 8:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Mike Bourque
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 19 Mar 2012 10:09 pm heres one i had for a bit serial number 121
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Emmons Wraparounds and cut tails, Zum D10, Blantons , Fulawkas , Franklin D10, Sho Bud Permanents and Fingertips,Jacksons and Telecasters |
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Scott Truax
From:
Florida
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Posted 20 Mar 2012 5:18 am Franklin...
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Here's mine: # 21. I'm the 3rd owner; Originaly
built for Tommy Alexander.
Last edited by Scott Truax on 21 Mar 2012 8:12 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Tony Rankin
From:
Land O’ Lakes, FL
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Posted 20 Mar 2012 8:02 am Chris Bauer
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Chris,
I have long wondered who had my old guitar. I've had several fine guitars and I love what I'm playing now, but I sure wish I had kept that one.
Here's a picture of it when I was its owner.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 20 Mar 2012 11:05 am
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just out of curiosity, if these franklins are the best steel made, why do some of you play other steels (rains) or sell franklins that you have?
if i had the best steel ever, that's what i'd play. |
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Ron Scott
From:
Michigan
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Posted 20 Mar 2012 9:33 pm
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Franklin D10 Stereo - 8 and 6 - Black Box-Zum Encore 4 and 5 Nashville 400,Session 400, DD3 for delay ,also Benado Effects pedal.
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