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Topic: Terry Farmer's new "Pan" |
Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 7:47 am |
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Happy Mother's Day, Terry ...
Fresh outta the sand ...
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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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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 7:55 am
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Hey Rick,
How are the tuners going to be setup on this thing?
BTW, looks like a 'heap 'o tone', just waiting to happen.
Jay |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 May 2005 7:59 am
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Heck of a bed warmer!  |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 9:54 am
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Can I adopt you?
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55" Fender Stringmaster T8, 54" Fender Champion, Carter D-10, two Oahu laps, two National laps, and two Resonators
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 8 May 2005 10:25 am
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You want to adopt David?
Oy vey!!!!! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 May 2005 10:53 am
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Sorry I am already being adopted
by a mountain girl from the deep south...
REALLY south... 
Howard.. I think he want's to adopt Rick... |
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 11:29 am
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| I've asked Rick to post some pictures of the wood version of this Shorty design I'm currently working on. I'm building two wood ones and now it looks like I have an aluminum one to put togther. I stuck a hunk of wood in for a nut just to show how it works. The finished nut will be polished aluminum. I wanted the guitar to be as short as possible for air travel purposes. From the pics you can see that the strings go over the nut and then immediately down through the neck and exit underneath. From here they go back to the tuners. It seems to work fine. No evidence of string binding. Also you will notice a couple of other details. The cove around the top of the guitar allows the tuning buttons to travel freely. The tuners are far enough below the strings that they won't interfere with any left hand bar movements. The aluminum pan version will be the same tuning set up. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 11:45 am
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| Sounds like a great idea, Terry. I'm looking for something similar..short and light weight for travel. Keep us posted with some pics on its progress! |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 1:38 pm
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 8 May 2005 2:18 pm
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| Cool! |
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Joe Delaronde
From:
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 8 May 2005 6:24 pm
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That Terry is a smart feller.
I played his first model last fall and it was like a dream. Good work Gatre.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 8 May 2005 6:34 pm
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Those tuners would totally be in my left hand's way, both treble and bass sides.
Nice work on the casting, though, Rick. Looks like you really know your onions.
It kind of reminds me of either a sarod or a sitar.
[This message was edited by Mike Neer on 08 May 2005 at 07:42 PM.] |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 8 May 2005 7:27 pm
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I hope I'm wrong but I think you're going to have some tuning difficulties running the string through those ferrules. That's a lot of angle and friction, particularly on the wounds.
I figure you'll bevel them some but you might look into a 'roller' or some sort instead.
Otherwise it looks great!
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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