Bruce Franklin

In the article "Bruce Franklin of Trouble: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview" by Andrew Daly on ClassicRockHistory.com, it is confirmed that Bruce Franklin uses a 1964 Gibson SG Les Paul Junior.

What guitars, gear, pedals, amps, and effects are you using, and why? How has that changed from your ’80s and ’90s heyday?

Not a lot has changed, but some things have. My main guitar and amp are a 1964 Gibson Les Paul Junior (SG) and a ’90 Marshall 100-watt JCM 900.

I lucked into getting the SG from a guy that I knew that wasn’t a guitar player. He showed me this guitar that he had and asked if I was interested in buying it. I immediately knew that it was an early ’60s SG and that it was worth a couple of thousand dollars. I asked how much he wanted, and he said that a guy had given him the guitar as compensation for the money he owed him. The guy owed him $250, so this guy I know told me, “$250,” and I said, “Sold!”

In the article "Bruce Franklin of Trouble: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview" by Andrew Daly on ClassicRockHistory.com, it is confirmed that for the first 20 years in the band Trouble, he used a '76 Ibanez Rocket Roll (Flying V) electric guitar:

What guitars, gear, pedals, amps, and effects are you using, and why? How has that changed from your ’80s and ’90s heyday?

For the first 20 years of Trouble, I played a ’76 Ibanez Rocket Roll (Flying V) and used a ’79 Marshall JMP 100-watt amp. I still own both of those, but the DiMarzio pickup in the Ibanez died, and subsequent pickups don’t sound the same. The Marshall JMP had to be retubed and doesn’t sound quite the same, either.