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Posted: **30 Mar 2005 1:38 am**

Tighe, i don't think anyone was slamming or ignorin Gibson. Andre was asking who liked Rickys. I think most steel players would like the old Gibsons with the CC pickup if they had a chance to play them. You're right, they have a unique sound. They are much rarer than either rickenbachers or Fenders, so many have not had the chance.

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 3:42 am**

Tighe, here's my vote for Gibson

EH 150 - EH 100 - BR 6
please forgive me guys fer not bein' hip to Ricks
maybe when i get the $$$ or a good deal comes along, i'll get one as well as a Stringmaster D8

so many guitars, so little time

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 4:14 am**

Are there no Charlie Christian or ES-300 pickup fans out there?

For EH steels ...

For ES spanish ...

Duke Robillard worked with Jason ... tweaking the bobbin ... and he used the prototype on the New Guitar Summit tour with the J. Geils and Gerry Beaudoin.

Jason also makes verisons with alnico poles ...

Funny thing ... ours came out that summer in Guitar Players Buyers guide ... then the next "NAMM" show ... S. Duncan had a version on display from his custom shop.

As far as the new MRIs "progress" ... my wife traded in our big pickup truck for a more "family friendly vehicle ...

And Friday I went to our local steel distributor for a 4' x 8' sheet of 18 gauge steel ... to make the casings for the Sierra Prototype and Todd's order ...

Had a heck of a time bringin' that home in the little pickup ... tied it in well .. but had to pull off the side of the road ... head into the woods and find a couple big "boulders" to hold it down.

Phewww ... dangerous stuff.

Garry ... if you enjoyed that Iona tune off Vol 7 and are becoming an "addict" ...

I highly recommend Bruce Clarke's Cumquat Records ... to "feed your habit" ...

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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
[This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 30 March 2005 at 05:31 AM.]

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 4:27 am**

Hey Rick, I just order a Lollar CC (neck)pup for my partscaster. I never tried one but I only hear really good things about it. It also has killer looks![This message was edited by Andre Nizzari on 30 March 2005 at 04:29 AM.]

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 9:59 am**

Fender...no doubt about it.

I own an eight "strings through the body" bakelight Ric; but I play Hawaiian through my Fenders. I don't want to sound toooo much like Jerry Byrd.

[This message was edited by Rick Collins on 30 March 2005 at 10:00 AM.]

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 10:08 am**

Rickenbacher Bakelite for me. I have two. A prewar and a post war T logo. Much easier to carry around than a Stringmaster or a console guitar. Get's the point across in a much more ergonomic package.

The pre has the 1.5" magnets and a single volume control. It's either a 1935 or 1936. It also has the magic-mojo of the pre-war Bakelite formula (the secret ingredient is love!).

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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'

Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 30 March 2005 at 10:14 AM.]

Posted: **30 Mar 2005 2:04 pm**

Okay, so we've had votes for Rickenbacher, Fender, Gibson and Valco. As someone who owns at least one of each (2 bakelites, Silver Hawaiian, Deluxe 8, Dual Professional, triple Stringmaster, EH-150 and Supro Comet), I can certainly put in a good word for them all. Of the bunch, though, the ones that really stand out for me are the bakelites and the Fender trapezoids (Dual Professional and Deluxe

. If I had to choose just one, it would defintely be the Model B (sorry, Jody!). The bakelite body and horseshoe pickup are just an unbeatable combination. I'm sure curious to know what the trapezoidal pickup would sound like in a bakelite body, however . . .

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