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Topic: The Black Pearl's New Riggin' - My Latest Pickup |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 9:45 am |
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I don't get many opportunities to play ... and lately when I do ... I reach for my JB Frypan with its "variant" of the Potbelly Pickup that I installed this summer.
I've kept a few Dustpans with various pups ... as my personal guitars ...
But the JB with that pup ... well, its just too tasty ... and it has been the steel I reach for lately ...
Until now ...
I didn't want to mill out my Black Pearl ... to drop in a big unit ...
I don't have the time now ... and honestly, didn't want to screw up the black wrinkle paint job.
So I set out to create a "new" variant of my Potbelly ... that could be installed ... in the cavity I had made for the MRI pickup that was in it.
After some of mathematical calculations ... I came up with a completely new/novel idea ...
Some principles were borrowed from my Potbelly and my Fountain ...
But it's significally different ...
I'm very excited about it ... and am probably going to offer it up for retail sale ... in the spring/summer of '09 ...
As well as making it available to folks on my current "wait list" ... which I have been creeping through at a snail's pace lately ... 
Here it is ...
I'm gonna have to get the Hula Monster (Dave Giegerich) back over here ... to give it a-go ... 
Maybe I'll have a "taste-testing" party for it ... after the Holiday season ...  |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 10:01 am
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What is the best choice of words, that would describe my response to your creation?
Eye Appeal? Elegant
Value? Priceless
Tone?  Let's get some sound out on this baby.
Great looking job, Rick! This Black Pearl is a pearl. 
Aloha, 
Don |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 6:50 pm
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Better tell the crew...stand by to repel boarders...ain't waitin' for no holidays...  |
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:01 pm Pickup for Black Pearl
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| Looks great Rick...I'm sure it sounds great too..where do you get the Black Pearl from? |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:06 pm
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Looks great, I'd love to give it a spin.
Man, that concentric knob set looks killer on that guitar. Nice touch.
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:24 pm
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Ahoy thar James ...
Me built this particular cast steel the summer that the movie ... Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl ... came out.
Arrr ... walked around for months talkin' like a pirate.
Belay that time-line Steve ... you'll have to come out again soon ... to verify that she is ...
Nigh uncatchable ...
Arrr ... and don't forget the grog ...
Ahoy Mike ...
Me thinks you'll get a chance to give her a-go ... at the Shenandoah Valley Hawaiian Steel Guitar Summit ... this spring ...
I figure I'd better have it ... before me next little "Crew Member" arrives ...
And I'm drownin' in a sea of smelly diapers ... |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:47 pm
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Oops ... sorry Brad ...
Last edited by Rick Aiello on 13 Nov 2008 1:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Jamie O'Connell
From:
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 4:20 pm
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| Stunning! Nice job Rick. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 5:53 pm
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Thank's y'all ...
I'm so enamored with this pickup ... every time I go down to the basement to do a load of laundry ... I give it a-go ...
Fender Twin, Peavey Jazz Classic, 1930's Ricky amp, my newest 4 speaker "Microcube" RX ... doesn't matter ... it's wicked awesome ...
Gonna retrofit my Black Mamba (25.5" version of the Pearl) ... and my Boobpan (a double neck cast steel ... one 25.5" neck and one 22.5" neck) ... with this unit also.
Anyone who wants to give any or all of these a try ...
Come to the 2nd Shenandoah Valley Hawaiian Steel Guitar Summit ... May 15, 16 and 17
If you missed the last one ... here's your chance |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 7:25 pm
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Hey Rick,
If there is room for one more to stop by for a while and give that black pearl with the special pickup a try I would consider it an honor to be one of those who do. I'm sorry to say it's too early to tell if I could actually make it at this time.
As usual you have got my curiousity up. What are you going to call your latest pickup, and tell us about the Microcube RX with 4 speakers. Is that something new on the market?
Rick just keeps on coming up with new ideas. Keep up the good work and thanks for keeping us updated on your latest developements.  |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2008 6:30 am
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| Danny James wrote: |
| As usual you have got my curiosity up. What are you going to call your latest pickup |
I think I'll call it ...The Magnetar ...
After a specific type of Neutron Star ... that has a magnetic field of over 800 trillion gauss ...
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tell us about the Microcube RX with 4 speakers. Is that something new on the market?
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I just got it for my 50th birthday  ... Halloween  ... the guitar version (they have a bass one too) ...
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=939&ParentId=57
I really like it ... |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 15 Nov 2008 7:16 am
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You've definitely got an elegance thing happening.
But the watch don't sound like much,so I've heard. |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2008 3:28 pm
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"Magnetarrr", is it?  |
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