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Dave Giegerich
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Ellicott City, MD, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 5:57 am |
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| Saturday night I got a chance to check out the new Pot Belly pickup that Rick Aiello installed on my Sierra 8 string. The tone was awesome, full and rich with plenty of definition on the low end. The gig was with a retro country band and they all commented on how good it sounded. The pickup is very powerful, I was using an Evans Parlor amp and had plenty of headroom. Sunday I played it at home into a Fender Vibrasonic and it sounded sweet through that as well. Great job Rick. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 6:51 am
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I like my pickup so much, I went and put a band together just so I'd have a reason to go out and play with it. 
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 8:38 am
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| I think you are correct GB, he should get something going to protect his design. |
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Craig Stenseth
From:
Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 9:29 am
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| I'm surprised John Hall lets him continue to use the name 'Rick'. |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 10:32 am
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Ditto what Gerald and Bill say, and pronto!!!
Aloha,
Don |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 1:59 pm
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Dave ... I'm glad you like her & she did well at your performance 
Mike ... I heard you had a "giant" of a bass player ... and an angel of a singer ... 
Gerald ... I blew any cash for that kinda thing ... on my tattoo 
Seriously ... Danny James (his changer) and I have discussed patents ... and I had a Patent Attorney when that "CEO" was threatenin' ...
They really make it $$$ to even apply ... let alone get it through ... 
Maybe me and Danny should try out for "American Inventor" ... that reality TV series ...
I bettcha I coulda un-done ... the 8 position Bra 
Oops ... I meant ... out-done  |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 5:38 pm
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Rick, How can I get one? You ain't aserin' your messages or email?
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 5:56 pm
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Hey Rick, what we need is some serious financial backers. Maybe we should form a company and sell stock.  
The patent we would love to do. However like Rick says it takes the big $$$.  |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 4:35 am
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I'm sorry Loni ... it was my Emmie's 5th Birthday party yesterday ...
And in the immortal words of Bob Cratchit:
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Oh, it's only once a year .... It shall not be repeated.
I was making rather merry yesterday, sir.
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Dave Giegerich
From:
Ellicott City, MD, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 10:07 am
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Happy Birthday Emmie! It was good to see you last week.
My dad is an engineer and invented a couple of flexible couplings but the company he worked for owns the patents because the $$ was too much for him. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 1:42 pm
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Happy Birthday Emmie! It was good to see you last week.
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Thanks "Mr. Monster" ...
Love, Emmie Jo |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 2:21 pm
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Happy Birthday Emmie Jo ......
I can't find not one amp or preamp that this pickup sounds bad thru !!..... It really drives effects nicely too !!...Funny how sometimes you can play and instrument and it sounds good one day, but then you go back to it in a couple of days, and it just sounds so so .....Not so with this pickup ....It sounds BETTER the more you play with it , and the more things you plug it into ...Jim |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Aug 2007 8:02 pm
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| Hey Jim, if it sounds better each time you play it, it must have a break-in period, like a speaker |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 2:39 am
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Bill,
You got that right !!....It's like a fine wine ...It's great right out of the bottle, but get's better with age !!...The only difference is that the Pot Belly sounds great right out of the baby wipes box !!.....  .....Jim |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 4:45 am
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James, I use to send Jason Lollar horseshoe magnets in the "Huggies" boxes ...
He commented more than once ... that they were stinking up his shop ...
I shoulda sent a box full of "used" ones ... once
Anyway .. thanks y'all, for all the nice reports.
If anyone wants to hear/play one ... come to the HSGA Convention ...
I'm bringing two, very special Dustpans ... equipped with "Bellys" ...
Milled, drilled and sanded to 36 grit ...
These are the only photos that I'm showin' ... till the show ...
I've got something really special planned for the finish on these two 8 stringers ...
PS: Thanks for the birthday wishes ... Emmie was "tickled pink" |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 9:47 am
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Rick
OOOOP'S !!...My mistake ....It WAS a Huggies box !!..
Best smellin, I mean soundin , pickup my ear's ever heard !!....Jim |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 10:10 am
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Yup. I love it.
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 11:27 am
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| The only difference is that the Pot Belly sounds great right out of the baby wipes box !!. |
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| OOOOP'S !!...My mistake ....It WAS a Huggies box !!.. |
In the immortal words of Ed McMahon ..
"You are correct, Sir"
Huggies, Luvs, Pampers, generic grocery store ... Mr. Monk approved baby wipes ...
I'm a master of them all ... 
As long as they don't have "Characters" (i.e. Winnie the Pooh, etc) on the side ... the container is mine ... once the butts are clean ... 
I caught some serious $&!% when I mailed Jason L. some stuff in a "Disney Princess" box once ...  |
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