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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 29 May 2006 4:14 pm |
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Meet Kong ...
The next "evolved" species .... of Hawaiian Steel Guitar Pickup.
Looks like an MRI ... but it ain't !!!
And folks thought the H-Shoes were powerful ...
Kong will make his debut at CityFolk Festival '06 ... in Dayton Ohio ... July 1,2,3.
Come on by and see this "8th Wonder" ...
And watch me pour Doug Smith's new Dustpan ... "Live" ...
I'll have a "new style" Dustpan to house Kong there also ...
The Casteels may even play alittle too ...
Kong has been on my drawin' board for months ... it's 100% handmade ... by Me.
I can only make 2 or 3 Dustpans a year now-days ... so I like to come up with "new" stuff ... to keep the ol' gray matter from deterioratin' ...
Kong is a TRADEMARK of the "Save the Slant Bar Foundation" ... all rights reserved 
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Slants of the Week
Hawaiian Steel Stuff
The Casteels
[This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 29 May 2006 at 05:45 PM.] |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 29 May 2006 6:01 pm
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| I want one. Put me on the list! It reminds me of something from the LaBrea Tar Pits. One of my favorite swimming holes. |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 29 May 2006 6:20 pm
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Hey, that'uns got mo' wires than my MRI! No fair makin' better stuff before I finish up with the old ones! 
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 May 2006 6:45 pm
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Awesome! The big guy strikes back.
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| I can only make 2 or 3 Dustpans a year now-days ... |
That's a lot better than no dustpans. |
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Ron Bednar
From:
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Posted 29 May 2006 7:33 pm
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So Rick, are you back in the saddle again...so to speak? If true, it's the best news I could read all month!!
Oh yeah, I wants some o'them Kong's!
Cheers, Ron |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 30 May 2006 6:10 am
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| next years "Summit". |
As an appreciation of the next Summit, Harry & I will volunteer to impregnate anything that needs impregnating....
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 30 May 2006 6:23 am
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but if I ever get that 21 yr old Au Pair I keep requesting ...
Yeah right, with a 'a pair' like that hangin' around you'd never get anything done!
Howard you just stay in your corner!
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 30 May 2006 6:38 am
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| the first photo looks like the pickup is smiling.! |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 30 May 2006 7:24 am
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Way da go Rick!  |
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Wayne Cox
From:
Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2006 7:49 am
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Err, ummm, does it cure arthritis?
~~W.C.~~ |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Jun 2006 6:53 pm
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| Rick, I like your new slotted peghead. That's how I like to make them, even though it's more work. It sure makes for easier tuning. |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2006 7:32 pm
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| That new headstock will look beautiful cast in an aluminum guitar. I can't wait to see one. Have you altered the body shape at all? |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 8:42 am
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Hey folks, you need to go to Dayton or Joliet and see and hear a demonstration of what Rick Aiello's MRI's and Kong will do.
I made a bobbin ( pickup coil ) and sent it to Rick who made me a housing with an enclosed Neodymium magnet that he made and sent back to me yesterday.
I am really quite proud of how it came out. It is very sensitive, whatever sound the pickup hears it amplifies. That's as it should be. You will hear sweet sounds you didn't realize were there.
The tone is out of this world and the sound is sharp and clear as a bell. The more I play it in the guitar I built the more I like it.
My thanks to RICK AIELLO for his help in my having and outstanding sounding guitar with an MRI pickup.
Now I have to finish working the bugs out of the changer I have designed and built for this lap steel I made.[This message was edited by Danny James on 02 June 2006 at 09:43 AM.] |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 11:45 am
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Glad you like it.
Danny wound a "heck of a coil" ... actually 3.
I dropped each one into my Sierra with the MRI magnet assembly I made for him ... and one really "stood out" ...
Guys like Danny, Bill Creller, Terry Farmer and Oakley Hicks ... sure make noodlin' around with this stuff fun ...
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Slants of the Week
Hawaiian Steel Stuff
The Casteels
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 3:23 pm
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Ahm a-feared, mama!!!
Man Rick, that definitely looks like the p'up that ate New York. LOVE IT!
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| And watch me pour Doug Smith's new Dustpan ... "Live" ... |
Can you have someone document that on video? I'd love to see how that process works, and specifically with you pouring a steel guitar. Way cool...
I hope you're able to start marketing your designs. Any plans to market the MRI with Jason? I want to see you eat R'backers lunch, and rub their noses in it. Just my opinion...
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Regal resonator (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); assorted ukuleles; upright bass
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Doug Smith
From:
Medway, Ohio
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 5:32 pm
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Can you have someone document that on video?
Why not? If Rick is agreeable, someone could certainly videotape it.
In fact, Rick is one of a number of metalworking artists featured in this exhibit that is part of a regional folk festival-the Cityfolk Festival. It is free and runs three days, with lots of music and dance. The website:
www.cityfolk.org
There are presentations on the hour that explore the various artists work-these are audiotaped and archived.
If someone would like to come to Dayton and videotape-get in touch with me. The price? You'll have to fork over a copy of the video for Cityfolk's archives.
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2006 5:50 pm
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I checked the website and unless I missed something I didn't find directions on where this festival is located.
We would like to come.
Directions would be appreciated. :-)
Thanks,
Danny |
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Doug Smith
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Medway, Ohio
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HowardR
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