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Nick Anderson
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Rick Aiello
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Posted 27 Sep 2004 1:15 pm |
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Ya gotta love DuPont ...
Lycra, Kevlar, Corian, Teflon ...
A nice guy brought over his new Corian steel and his '38 B6 to remag.
He's workin' with an engineer ... to develop them.
Sounded real good !!!
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 [This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 27 September 2004 at 02:42 PM.] |
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Paul Arntson
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Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2004 7:29 pm
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Whoa - Corian?
Are you able to talk about any details? Or is it still in the pre-public development stage?
Sounds awfully intriguing. |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 7:38 am
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"Ya gotta love DuPont ...
Lycra, Kevlar, Corian, Teflon ...Agent Orange..." |
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 7:43 am
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I "chatted" with him yesterday ... he has joined the forum ...
He wants to get his horseshoe pickup installed and some other details ironed out before "introducing" it here.
So when you see a post called "The Lap Stone" ... click on it 
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George Ballentine
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Muncy, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 11:28 am
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Hi there, I'm George. I've learned a lot about lap steels from you folks over the past several months while I've lurked in the background. Thanks. Rick particularly has been very helpful. He certainly perked up my B6. I can personally attest that his dustpans have a great sound!
Rick's horseshoe pickup is getting installed in the corian prototype this week. Hope to get it back early next week. Pics available after that. Prototype currently weighs in a just under 9 lb, 10 lb w the horseshoe. 22.5" scale, neck width and string spacing are based on the Rick B6. The builder initially installed a Shadow active/passive pickup. Really nice. Overall tone is not as warm as the B6, sustain is comparable, but corian has a lot more clarity. Takes distortion very well and still articulates melodies. Nut and saddle are both corian. No volume or tone knobs yet. Plug and play. I'll be glad to answer what questions I can and certainly enterain suggestions, we're still pretty early in the development stage. |
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 2:32 pm
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Phewww ... I hate keepin' secrets ... and as you can see ... I ain't very good at it 
Chas, you are right ... and I appologize to veterans and innocent victims who were affected ... for my silly comment.
I was thinkin' about Lycra Spandex at the time I wrote that ...
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 4:09 pm
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| I hate to be a contrarian, but I really think she would look better without the Lycra Spandex... |
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HowardR
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 5:11 pm
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| He certainly perked up my B6. |
I thought it was B6 that usually perks you up,....or maybe it negates a hangover.. 
Welcome to the forum George. Sounds interesting. Any photos?
I was planning to have a coffee table made of Fountainhead (similar to Corian) in the shape of a lap steel with a 3/4 bullnose edge. Something like a Rick, but elongated and with strat like horns or bouts. This is not one of my dumb jokes.
I haven't really come up with an idea for legs or a base stand, until now. Three or four telescoping legs. Only problem is that it will be in a location with high humidity and salt content....the beach. Not great for chrome. That's why I wanted Fountainhead for the table itself.
Well, not to hijack this thread.
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2004 6:58 pm
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"the beach. Not great for chrome."
304 stainless tubing is relatively cheap and can be polished. Personally, I think it looks better than chrome.
I have a '57 Carvin D-8 console guitar that has a plastic: nut, bridge, pickup cover and keyhead. A nice block of wood and it sounds very similar to a Bigsby. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 30 Sep 2004 3:21 am
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| thanks Chas |
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George Ballentine
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Muncy, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2004 5:07 am
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Howard,
Rick goosed my B6's gauss from 80 to 200+. Big improvement! But you're right - it certainly perked me up too. No hangover - yet I'll have pics of the Lap Stone fairly soon. Gotta get it back from the builder! Good luck w the table. Why not go to brass legs? They seem to hold up to salty sea air. Up here in the hills of PA we spend more time wiping off flood mud. George |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2004 8:33 am
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| A thin wall stainless tube will be much stronger than a brass one and the brass one will corrode more easily. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Sep 2004 12:52 pm
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Chas, I thought agent orange was produced by Dow Chemical Co (they are only thirty miles from here....Scary ) I guess it doesn't matter who made it, it was sure bad news stuff.
BILL |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2004 4:46 pm
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| Bill, you're right, I'm wrong. Thank you DuPont, for the Lycra Spandex. |
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