Vince Gill and Paul Franklin Rig Rundown

David Maniscalco · Post by **David Maniscalco** » 1 Aug 2013 5:39 am

Not sure if this has been cover with all the Bakersfield content going on...

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/1 ... l-franklin

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Aug 2013 6:52 am

Not quite accurate.

The description of Paul's steel:

Paul Franklin used a Franklin double-neck pedal steel on Bakersfield. His father made the instrument out of formica

Ian Sutton · Post by **Ian Sutton** » 2 Aug 2013 1:17 pm

Haha, you can almost see the poor interviewer's eyes glaze over when Paul starts explaining the tuning. To the uninitiated: Clear as mud.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 2 Aug 2013 2:31 pm

David, thanks for the link - can't watch it all right now because I have to be somewhere, but took in about 10 minutes - majorly cool stuff!

Mike Wilson · Post by **Mike Wilson** » 2 Aug 2013 5:57 pm

That was an interview that I definitely enjoyed listening to. Thanks for the link.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 3 Aug 2013 10:01 am

It was great to see Paul demonstrate how the guitar is tuned and how it works. He had to do a little thinking on the string guages but who wouldn't? The public can get a glimpse of how a steel works and from a top pro like Paul Franklin. And his guitar sounded great as well.

Howard Smith · Post by **Howard Smith** » 7 Aug 2013 9:49 pm

Awesome interview, and very informative. Learned something about Little Walter Amps I didn't know, and lots about telecasters...I'll be backing off my treble control now. Thanks for sharing.

Rick Myrland · Post by **Rick Myrland** » 8 Aug 2013 4:58 am

Fascinating history, and his humility is refreshing.