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Topic: A Peek for my Peeps |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:07 pm |
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My 5 future Dustpan owners have been nothin' but great ... some hard times have kept me away from my projects.
Howard even volunteered to get one from my next batch ... after one ended up under my "chop saw" blade.
Just want to say thanks ... and give you guys a peek at the new look (fretboards).
It won't be long now folks ...
PS: A special thanks to Mike Neer ... who drove down to hang out with me this past weekend. Not only did he give me a much needed "pep talk" ...
But he gave the locals a huge thrill by showing up at an annual pig roast/music festival ... and treating them to some Tricone work that would have Sol envious.
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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
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:13 pm
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Rick...
Those are gorgeous!!!
Just sign me....
Drooling in Arizona 
Billy Easton |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:19 pm
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:19 pm
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Rick, glad to see you at the top of your game and hope all is well on the home front.
I'm curious. Are you able to melt down the defunct pan and re use the aluminum? |
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:25 pm
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Hey Rick,
I really like those frets. You just helped me make a decision that has been bugging me for months. My aluminum "Shorty" will sport "frets"! Thanks, and welcome back! |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:34 pm
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Those dustpans are really looking sharp.
By the way folks those pictures of a pickup Rick posted a while back that looked so good. It is one he did for me and it is really super nice. I am finally ready to put it in a lap steel guitar I'm building tomorrow. I got the changer I designed and built installed today.
Thanks Rick. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 4:04 pm
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Thanks Y'all
Howard ...
Long live HSGA ...
Terry ... yea man, they look very cool. Jumbos from Stewart MacDonald. I got a special hacksaw blade ... then ground down the "tangs" some ... then layed them in with methyl cyanoacrylate.
I just finished today ... still need to dress up the edges and polish them ...
Danny ... can't wait to hear how it comes out. Danny wound his own Fender Trapazoid bobbin ...  ... did a great job too. Hope my magnet does it justice ...
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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
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 4:25 pm
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Rick,
Your pans keep getting better with each batch. I like the frets and the dots. Nice new addition.
Can't wait to see them at Joliet.
Stop at my house on your way to the convention, because as an HSGA board
member I am required (as per HSGA bylaws) to personally inspect, play and lust after each guitar that may come in contact with our membership. I take this obligation very seriously.
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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 02 June 2005 at 06:48 PM.] |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 4:52 pm
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The froth is starting to build in my mouth,
My wife just thinks it the rabies again, but...
I think I need a GASex,,, NOW!
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JCFSGC,RMSGC,HSGA member since 2005
Fenders- Georgeboard- Melobar
Boyett's Glass Bars
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:23 pm
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| Very classy dots, Rick! |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:42 pm
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Very nice as always Rick!
I like the select Paua Abalone dots, that's what I like to use on my guitars too.
Looking forward to my 7 string dustpan in the future!
Keep up the good work |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:44 pm
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Finger lickin' delicious. 
Aloha,
DT~
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Jon Moen
From:
Canada
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:47 pm
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Rick, Any chance of posting or emailing a pic showing your fret slotting setup?
Jon |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:58 pm
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 [This message was edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 02 June 2005 at 06:58 PM.] |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 6:03 pm
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| Too cool, Jeff! |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 6:23 pm
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| I really like th math..two plusses and an equal sign. Lookin' good Rick!! |
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oj hicks
From:
Springville, AL
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 8:46 pm
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Rick...
Absolutely fantabulous, super colossal, extra ordinary, condonconduliated...and, well you get the idea. Gosh! Bet they ring like a bell with that "never die" hoss shoe pickup.
oj hicks |
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Joel Newman
From:
Smithsburg, Maryland, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 8:51 pm
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| Yeah Man! I second the emotion about the abalone, it looks way cool! |
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Jan Hess
From:
Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 3:08 am
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| Hi Rick. I get this feeling of watching your baby grow up right before my eyes! The dots are a nice touch o' class.Don't let the setbacks set you back sport,just shove 'em aside & keep on keeping on!! Soundhound |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 5:39 am
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Thanks y'all ...
Jon ... I really don't have a fret slotting setup. I tried a miter box but the necks are so thick and taper abit ... it was more hassel than it was worth.
So I just ordered some hacksaw blades that corresponded to the tang width ...
I used my belt sander with 60 grit belts to take down the tang by about 50% ... the heat changed the color of the fret wire to a darker goldish hue ... serendipity 
Cut them about 1/2" too long on each side ... and used methyl cyanoacrylate to secure them in the slots.
Methyl is better than Ethyl ... 
For metal to metal ... I doubt it matters though
Then after it cured ... I nipped off the overhang ...
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| Don't let the setbacks set you back sport,just shove 'em aside |
I try ... but they keep bouncin' back
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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
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Jackie Anderson
From:
Scarborough, ME
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 9:52 am
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Nice looking axes, Rick, but I want to see more pix of your kids!
On the other, though, it looks like you are getting a nicer looking casting -- this surely must involve a lot of elbow grease on surfacing, but aren't you also getting fewer pinholes etc.? Have you changed your process? |
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oj hicks
From:
Springville, AL
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 10:07 am
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Concerning "setbacks," who was the famous inventer, after trying 567 different approaches to do something, all of which failed, was asked, "aren't you discouraged after 567 failures (a number I grabbed out of the air)?" To which the famous inventer (Franklin, Bell?) said, "Oh no! Now I know 567 things that don't work! I'm closing in on it!"
That may be a poor quote...but you get the idea.
Rick...you have already contributed greatly to the steel guitar community. Thanks.
oj hicks |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 10:13 am
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If I'm not mistaken it was Thomas Edison who said that.
They asked him if he felt frustrated that it took 1000 failed experiments until he invented the light bulb.
He said "I'm not frustrated, I invented the light bulb".
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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
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Jan Hess
From:
Winnipeg,Manitoba,Can.
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Posted 4 Jun 2005 8:47 am
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| Hey Rick...I like your other "production line",with their smiley young faces. I just wanted to ask you if a MRI would be possible for a 10 or 12 string? Or would it be too much? Have a good one! Soundhound |
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