| Author |
Topic: Hapa Lollar |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 7:58 am |
|
A friend of mine with a newer model Excel JB Frypan ... wanted a "type of pickup" ... that is no longer available ... 
He purchased a Chicago Steel pup from Jason instead ... and because of a couple "non-pup" related issues ... sent it to me ... along with the original Excel pup.
Because the "gap" on the fauxs was quite tall ... I saw an opportunity to go for some Hybrid Vigor ... to borrow a biological term ...
"Backing" any permanent magnet with steel ... increases the flux density at the opposite pole ... so this configuration ... bumped up an already powerful pickup.
It's flyin' back to Hawaii today ... so we'll see how the owner likes it ...
The "retrofit" required some alteration to the "faux" magnets ... but not to Jason's pickup ...
The hybridization is completely reversible ... 
Just figured some of y'all might like to see it ...
------------------
Hawaiian Steel Stuff
The Casteels
|
|
|
 |
Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 8:56 am
|
|
Rick,
El neato!!! 
Aloha,
Don |
|
|
|
Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 8:57 am
|
|
| I like it when your in your "mad scientist" mode, That's awesome! Keep up the good work Rick. |
|
|
|
Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 11:45 am
|
|
You're mad, MAD I say! 
------------------
Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
|
|
|
|
Harry Dietrich
From:
Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 12:42 pm
|
|
Professor Aiello is at it again. You do this just to confuse me...of course it doesn't take much.
Harry |
|
|
|
Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 1:21 pm
|
|
I'm wondering if you just happened to try it in one of your own guitars for a few minutes before you shipped it out to Hawaii.
I'm betting that had to be temptation????
[This message was edited by Danny James on 26 June 2006 at 02:26 PM.] |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 26 Jun 2006 2:03 pm
|
|
I figured it's the least I could do ... for the man who saved the Hawaiian Papaya Industry ...
And yep, I gave it a-go before I sent it out ...
And liked it alot ...
------------------
Hawaiian Steel Stuff
The Casteels
|
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 5 Jul 2006 5:54 am
|
|
quote:
Dear Rick:
I got the pickup after I returned from a week's vacation. It mounted fine
on the steel guitar and sounded great with the horse shoe!!!!
This new pickup has 'saved' my Excel since I was hardly playing it when it had the
old pickup because of its 'tinny' sound.
Thanks again for your help.
My son wants to learn steel guitar so I'll be sending him one of my steel guitars, but not the Excel.
Aloha,
Dennis
------------------
Hawaiian Steel Stuff
The Casteels
|
|
|
|
Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
|
Posted 5 Jul 2006 8:59 am
|
|
Basically that's very good.
It could be a little cleaner __ vacuum that debris off the bottom.
It's not nice to even attempt to fool Mr. Clean. |
|
|
|
