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Topic: Dustpans: The Next Generation |
Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Mike Neer
From: NJ
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 3:59 pm
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"I'm very pleased with they wat they came out ..."
As you should be--those guitars are f'ing hot!
They are so sexy (and your photography skills are catching up, too). I want one.[This message was edited by Mike Neer on 10 July 2005 at 05:00 PM.] |
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Terry Farmer
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 4:45 pm
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Super nice, Rick. Did you get the bronze pan strung up also? I'm dyin' to hear a sound report on it! |
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Loni Specter
From: West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 6:07 pm
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Rick,
They look amazing! I can't even think of anything funny to say! You are the MAN! |
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Denny Turner
From: Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 6:21 pm
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Hat's off and bowing to a mighty fine job and man.
Aloha,
DT~
[This message was edited by Denny Turner on 13 July 2005 at 06:21 AM.] |
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George Keoki Lake
From: Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 7:04 pm
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I think Adolph Rickenbacher must be looking down from that big lua'u in the sky envying what you are doing ! Truly Beautiful workmanship !!!!  |
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Danny James
From: Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 7:37 pm
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Rick, those dustpans with the MRI pickups sure do look nice. Outstanding workmanship. Great looking castings.
I have one of Rick's MRI pickups in a guitar I just finished building out of wild cherry, and it sounds terrific. I am well pleased.
Danny |
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Travis Bernhardt
From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 7:43 pm
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Va-va-voom!
-Travis |
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Wayne Cox
From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jul 2005 9:10 pm
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RICK, they are all beautiful,but I'm like some of the other guys; I want to know how they sound,do they stay in tune(temperature changes,etc.) One thing for sure; your persistence and determination have really paid off in ways money can't measure. Congratulations!!! They are all works of art!
~~W.C.~~ |
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Harry Dietrich
From: Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 12:10 am
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Beautiful job, Rick. You know your s...!
But aren't your "hexagonal" knobs octagons?? LOL!!
Happy picking.........Harry |
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Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Harry Dietrich
From: Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 5:18 am
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Anyhow Rick, they are simply awesome.
Tune one up for B11th for the HSGA Convention.......I have a" hankerin" to play one. You might have a new customer.
Harry  |
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HowardR
From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 8:40 am
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Harry, I hear that you'll be appearing for a gig at Al's Steak House......better work on your chromatic runs....  |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From: Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 8:47 am
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Very nice, I especially like the knobs.--cs |
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Kris Oka
From: San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 1:06 pm
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Hi Rick, They look awesome. What is the scale length and are the frets machined in?
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Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 1:36 pm
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They are 22.25" scales ...
For the frets ...
I hack-sawed in the slots ... filed off the tangs on jumbo fret wire ... and set them in with methyl cyanoacrylate and steel filled epoxy (on the ends).
I don't have a milling machine ... so everything gets done with hand tools and files ...
Hand Hewn Steel Guitars ... ha, ha
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Jackie Anderson
From: Scarborough, ME
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 5:45 pm
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Rick, you are getting seriously good on the finish work! I thought it was awesome enough that you could just cast a frypan-shaped lump of aluminum in the first place. These are just too much -- are you sure you are charging enough money for them? |
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Kris Oka
From: San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 7:09 pm
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Well my friend, you definitely have great hands. Would you ever consider polishing the sides? |
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Harry Dietrich
From: Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 8:02 pm
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Howard
Weren't YOU the one with the green apple quick step?? LOL!!
Harry  |
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Joel Newman
From: Smithsburg, Maryland, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2005 8:40 pm
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whoa!!! just Gorgeous! Rick, take a bow sir! |
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Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2005 3:43 am
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Thanks y'all ...
Kris ... The sides and back have the same "finish" as the pan ...
I worked harder on the fretboard ... as far as luster ...
Jack ...
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are you sure you are charging enough money for them? |
I'm havin' enough trouble just givin' them away
Insider Joke
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Danny James
From: Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2005 6:05 am
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"I'm having enough trouble just giving them away"-------
I can help you solve that problem of giving them away----In that case just give me two.
Seriously those are really something to be very proud of. I don't think you will have any trouble with people wanting to buy them. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 12 Jul 2005 6:40 am
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remarquable work there Bro Rick
"Furthur" would make a great brand name  |
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seldomfed
From: Colorado
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Posted 12 Jul 2005 10:11 am
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Rick, excellent work! Look forward to seeing you again in Joliet.
cheers, Chris
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Colorado
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Bill Creller
From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jul 2005 4:40 pm
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Smooooooth, man!! Great looking surfaces on those Rick!! |
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