Question for Paul Franklin

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 21 Nov 2004 7:37 am

Paul

I might start bidding on this one.
Is this really one of your old steel guitars?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=3763547878&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 21 Nov 2004 9:20 am

Cool guitar.
Bet it's legit.
Paul is from the Detroit area originally.

How 'bout it, PF?

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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 21 Nov 2004 11:40 am

Larry

Looks like one of the first Sho-Buds.
Am I right?

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 21 Nov 2004 11:45 am

I'll bet it predates Sho-Bud, but I could be wrong. Could be one Mr. Franklin built before he moved to Nashville. Does look like the white Bud fretboards but they may not be original.

Hopefully Paul will show up before long for the real story.

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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

[This message was edited by Larry Bell on 21 November 2004 at 11:48 AM.]

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 21 Nov 2004 11:59 am

There is a picture of Paul on his web-site, in the photo album section, playing a guitar that looks alot like the one on e-bay. He was on the Bill Anderson Show at age 12.

Larry Behm · Post by **Larry Behm** » 22 Nov 2004 4:37 am

Is it my eyes or are most of the pull rods and cross rods missing?

Larry Behm

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 22 Nov 2004 6:53 am

Somebody who knows this guitar will chime in with the whole story. But it looks like some of the pedals don't use a whole cross rod. They either have a short rod or just a crank. And it looks like the pull rods don't run straight, but are attached to a single bell crank for some pedals. It's possible it was made that way, otherwise, someone has put the thing back together really screwy.

Dag Wolf · Post by **Dag Wolf** » 22 Nov 2004 7:15 am

This looks like the steel Paul played when he was 12 years old.
check this link: http://paul-franklin.com/photos1a.htm

This steel was sold on ebay some time ago and now it`s up again.

I think Paul stated that this was indeed one of his steels from the old days.....

Dag

Tom Olson · Post by **Tom Olson** » 22 Nov 2004 11:07 am

Dig those white shoes that Bill is wearin', man. What kind of electric guitar is that dude holdin' who's sittin' behind Bill? Is it a Mustang?

Tony Dingus · Post by **Tony Dingus** » 22 Nov 2004 7:47 pm

It looks like the Sho-Bud perminent undercarrage were everythings welded.

Tony

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 23 Nov 2004 9:07 am

Larry, and David,
Thats the way Shot did it on the first Buds. If you ain't gonna pull it, ( short shafts on E9 neck )why put a shaft there. Also if needed to change pedal setup, you had to take it back to Shot, or be able to weld.

Bill

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 24 Nov 2004 1:58 pm

Ronald,
It is Paul's first steel built by my dad at our home in Michigan. Dad bought some of the parts from Shot & David. Dad also made some of the parts.
It sure brings back fond memories seeing that steel again!

Thanks, Theresa

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 25 Nov 2004 9:49 am

Are the A,B, and C pedals closer togeather then the rest or is it the angle in the pic? If I bought it would I sound like Paul?

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 25 Nov 2004 10:13 am

Thanks Theresa for the info.

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6