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Topic: Ricky Ripoff : Part Trois |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 24 May 2007 5:14 am |
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I promise ... this is it ( I sure hope).
The last re-do had an issue ... the gap between the magnets was too great. Not enough "juice" being fed to the strings under the gap.
I should have foreseen this ... when I made the old H-Shoes (the last few sets going to Cruztone) ... I purposely made them with virtually no gap.
So back it came ... and I decided to make these things "true Potbellys".
So I milled out more of the fake horseshoes ... ran a "yolk" across the gap ...
Made a taller bobbin and wound it with # 38 to 2.1 K Ohm.
I'll have the other two done by this weekend.
If anyone wants to hear a "Potbelly" pickup (albiet a different shell) ... and are in Cajun Country ... stop by and see ...
The Jambalaya Cajun Band ... with Terry Huval on fiddle and steel guitar. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 28 May 2007 4:42 pm
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These outta get his crawdads a-snappin' ... |
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Terry Huval
From:
Lafayette, Louisiana
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Posted 8 Jul 2007 5:15 pm
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Rick, you certainly have done it! I have been finally to spend enough time with the unit to get the pickup heights adjusted correctly - and it SOUNDS GREAT! Full tone, lots of adjustment room, the volume of all the strings sound even.
Thanks for all you have done to bring this steel back! I look forward to meeting you one day!
Terry |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2007 5:11 am
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Sorry the photos are gone ... I'm tryin' to redo my website/stuff ... making room, etc.
Tough job considering ...
I spilled a beer on my laptop's keyboard and fried it ... so I'm checking email, etc ... via my wife's office system.
Serves me right for drinkin' Red Strip (Jamaican beer) ...  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Jul 2007 6:05 am
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| Din't anyone ever warn you about drinking and surfing? |
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