The "Tenor Pan"

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 13 Aug 2015 5:41 am

Or what my wife calls it ... The "Fly Swatter"

Had to build me a "personal pan" ... sold my Black Pearl ...

A356 cast aluminum with an L&M Perpendicular Pickup ...

Hi to lo: E C# G# E

The older I get, the fewer strings I need

Stefan Robertson · Post by **Stefan Robertson** » 13 Aug 2015 5:50 am

Fewer strings.

Keep going and you will only have one left like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8H-67ILaqc

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 13 Aug 2015 6:17 am

Luigi did a fantastic job!!!......

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 13 Aug 2015 6:27 am

I love the scalloped fretboard! I bet it could double as an excellent "attitude adjuster".

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 13 Aug 2015 7:03 am

Howard, it was Luigi's "Final Exam" at the Aiello Pre-School of the Foundry Arts ...

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 13 Aug 2015 7:28 am

The future's so bright he's got to wear shades.

Fred Kinbom · Post by **Fred Kinbom** » 13 Aug 2015 7:30 am

Beautiful work Rick!

Cheers,

Fred

Dan Eason · Post by **Dan Eason** » 13 Aug 2015 7:34 am

You obviously don't graduate from the Aiello Pre-School of the Foundry Arts without "game"....

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 13 Aug 2015 7:43 am

Cute Rig!

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 13 Aug 2015 12:38 pm

Weeg was excited to "get 'er done"...

Fang, not so much

Thanks for the kind words ... come to Ft. Collins in October and give 'er a go

Jim Newberry · Post by **Jim Newberry** » 13 Aug 2015 3:08 pm

Will Do! Bringing Weeg this year?

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 13 Aug 2015 3:37 pm

Very cool Rick

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 13 Aug 2015 4:08 pm

Wow. Very cool, Aiello & Son.

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 14 Aug 2015 6:19 am

Jim Newberry wrote:Will Do! Bringing Weeg this year?

I don't think the Hilton could handle the overflow of co-eds from Colorado State ...

Luigi is a very strong "Babe Magnet" ...

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 16 Aug 2015 3:57 pm

Two things are obvious after putting in several hours on the "Tenor Pan" .... .

1) The lighter body makes it more "bass-y" ...

2) Not practicing since Feb. .... Leads to very poor outcomes

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 17 Aug 2015 5:43 am

Cool

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 17 Aug 2015 9:11 am

That's not a kid,--that is his SON! And he's a young man. And he is cool!
Wally

Jim Newberry · Post by **Jim Newberry** » 17 Aug 2015 12:00 pm

Luigi rocks!

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 17 Aug 2015 1:39 pm

Did you really name your dog Fang?

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 17 Aug 2015 2:00 pm

Weeg was named after Luigi Galvani ...

Fang was named after Hagrid's Neapolitan Mastiff (Harry Potter) ...

Dusty was named after Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream ...

Tucker was named after the Marshall Tucker Band ...

Maximo Joe got his name cause my wife wouldn't let me name him Moe Joe ...

Ellie and Emmie ... LEILO & MEILO ... I was into acronyms in those days ...

Chewy the pig is named after Chewbacca ...

Bellatrix, Molly and Tonks (goats) and Lilly Potter (guinea pig) ... More Harry Potter references ...

Gloria (Tennessee Walker) ... She came with that name ...

I think that's all of them ...

Back to the pan , here's Weegee with the sacrificial polystyrene pattern and the pan fresh out of the sand ...

John Groover McDuffie · Post by **John Groover McDuffie** » 18 Aug 2015 7:43 pm

Most impressive!

Curious as to why a 4-string?

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 19 Aug 2015 4:12 am

I started playing C#m7 last year ... Hi to lo: E C# G# E B E ... Just to change things up (been playing C6/A7 since the 80's) ...

I changed strings one day ... And didn't have a the big E and B .... So I just strung up the top four ... To play it until the D'Addario Chromes came ....

I liked it a lot ... Kept just 4 on ... And after a couple months, I decided I'd cast a 4 stringer for myself with the leftover stuff I had bought to make Jeff Kearns 7 string and cast amp ...

I really like it ... It's so tiny, with such a big sound

Here it is next to an my A22 ....

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 19 Aug 2015 8:07 pm

Nice !! you've done it again Rick !

Former Member · Post by **Former Member** » 4 Jun 2017 7:56 am

got to play the tenorpan yesterday.
Nicest sounding steel I've ever heard. Every string and note has a hard to define uncluttered round fullness. Open E, then tune 1 string up a step and you got C#.
Easy to get into perfect tune. Seems made for slants, and the interesting qualities a slanted chord makes compared to straight bar. Sounds very Hawaiian with a simple guitar or uke backing track.
Newest PU is real clean and smooth. Rick is on to something!