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Topic: The "Tenor Pan" |
Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 5:41 am |
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Or what my wife calls it ... The "Fly Swatter" 
Had to build me a "personal pan" ... sold my Black Pearl ...
A356 cast aluminum with an L&M Perpendicular Pickup ...
Hi to lo: E C# G# E
The older I get, the fewer strings I need 
Last edited by Rick Aiello on 13 Aug 2015 5:57 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 6:17 am
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| Luigi did a fantastic job!!!...... |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 6:27 am
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| I love the scalloped fretboard! I bet it could double as an excellent "attitude adjuster". |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 7:03 am
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Howard, it was Luigi's "Final Exam" at the Aiello Pre-School of the Foundry Arts ...
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 7:28 am
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The future's so bright he's got to wear shades. 
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Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Dan Eason
From:
Durham, NC, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 7:34 am
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| You obviously don't graduate from the Aiello Pre-School of the Foundry Arts without "game".... |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 12:38 pm
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Weeg was excited to "get 'er done"...  Fang, not so much
Thanks for the kind words ... come to Ft. Collins in October and give 'er a go
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 3:08 pm
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Will Do! Bringing Weeg this year?
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Aug 2015 4:08 pm
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Wow. Very cool, Aiello & Son.
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2015 6:19 am
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| Jim Newberry wrote: |
| Will Do! Bringing Weeg this year? |
I don't think the Hilton could handle the overflow of co-eds from Colorado State ...
Luigi is a very strong "Babe Magnet" ... |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2015 3:57 pm
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Two things are obvious after putting in several hours on the "Tenor Pan" .... .
1) The lighter body makes it more "bass-y" ...
2) Not practicing since Feb. .... Leads to very poor outcomes
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 5:43 am
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Cool 
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I wanna go back to my little grass shack........
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 9:11 am
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 That's not a kid,--that is his SON! And he's a young man. And he is cool!
Wally |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 12:00 pm
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Luigi rocks!
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 1:39 pm
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Did you really name your dog Fang?
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I wanna go back to my little grass shack........
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2015 2:00 pm
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Weeg was named after Luigi Galvani ...
Fang was named after Hagrid's Neapolitan Mastiff (Harry Potter) ...
Dusty was named after Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream ...
Tucker was named after the Marshall Tucker Band ...
Maximo Joe got his name cause my wife wouldn't let me name him Moe Joe ...
Ellie and Emmie ... LEILO & MEILO ... I was into acronyms in those days ...
Chewy the pig is named after Chewbacca ...
Bellatrix, Molly and Tonks (goats) and Lilly Potter (guinea pig) ... More Harry Potter references ...
Gloria (Tennessee Walker) ... She came with that name ...
I think that's all of them ...
Back to the pan , here's Weegee with the sacrificial polystyrene pattern and the pan fresh out of the sand ...
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John Groover McDuffie
From:
LA California, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2015 7:43 pm
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Most impressive!
Curious as to why a 4-string? |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2015 4:12 am
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I started playing C#m7 last year ... Hi to lo: E C# G# E B E ... Just to change things up (been playing C6/A7 since the 80's) ...
I changed strings one day ... And didn't have a the big E and B .... So I just strung up the top four ... To play it until the D'Addario Chromes came ....
I liked it a lot ... Kept just 4 on ... And after a couple months, I decided I'd cast a 4 stringer for myself with the leftover stuff I had bought to make Jeff Kearns 7 string and cast amp ...
I really like it ... It's so tiny, with such a big sound
Here it is next to an my A22 ....
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Aug 2015 8:07 pm
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| Nice !! you've done it again Rick ! |
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Posted 4 Jun 2017 7:56 am
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got to play the tenorpan yesterday.
Nicest sounding steel I've ever heard. Every string and note has a hard to define uncluttered round fullness. Open E, then tune 1 string up a step and you got C#.
Easy to get into perfect tune. Seems made for slants, and the interesting qualities a slanted chord makes compared to straight bar. Sounds very Hawaiian with a simple guitar or uke backing track.
Newest PU is real clean and smooth. Rick is on to something! |
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