Hi Everyone,
After trying unsucessfully to get a hold of Rick Aiello, I managed to find his website (www.horseshoemagnets.com) with various tech tips on disassembling my pre-war Ric pickup. Magnets were sent to Lindy Fralin which seemed to do the trick.
Recalled that Rick had Valco pickup magnets on his site as well, and it turns out I could use a pair for a ‘39 National. I tried to open the saved link I have for Rick’s website, and it seems that’s no longer active. Loss of a lot of great info if so.
If anyone on SGF can provide an update on Rick, please do so. I have run into a few folks who, like me, have tried to get a hold of him without luck. Hope all’s well in these troubling virulent times.
Best,
Martin
Rick Aiello??
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His website was last seen by the Wayback Machine Internet Archive as recently as Dec 3, although it's down now, you can retrieve their saved info from it. I'm not sure of his status. https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.horseshoemagnets.com
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I thought Rick had pulled back from making pickups or doing any work on lap steels. He hasn’t had much of a presence for several years. Wasn’t there some legal action from Rickenbacker involved?
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Re: Rick Aiello??
Martin, I bought a set from Rick to try on my Supro... turned out that it sounded exactly the same, so I put the old ones back. I'll sell you the pair for what I paid, plus shipping... PM me.Martin Lindsay wrote:
Recalled that Rick had Valco pickup magnets on his site as well, and it turns out I could use a pair for a ‘39 National.
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