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Topic: Dustpan # 001 - redone |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2013 1:54 pm |
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The first cast steel I ever made ... 10 years ago ... came home for a redo ...
The original owner passed away and it was sold to a forum member.
I offered up a new Airstream pickup for it ... the original was an H-Shoe I made with Jason Lollar ...
I also re-did the fretboard ...
It was nice to see this rascal again after a decade ... I'm sure the new owner will love it ... it sounds monstrous  |
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Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2013 9:39 pm
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Aloha Rick,
As always, looks awesome!  |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 28 Dec 2013 11:16 pm
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| You sir...work wonders with metal....an artiste as it were. Just beautiful. |
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Lee Holliday
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 2:09 am
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Rick,
Fantastic to see the guitar again, it looks like you have also had the polishing cloth out as the finish has really come up. It would be interesting to know how different those pickups are as I was already impressed with the original H/shoe for it's tone and power.
Keep up the good work and all the best for 2014 from the UK Lap Steelers.
Lee |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 5:27 am
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Thanks for the kind words ...
The Airstream pickup evolved from a long line of neodymium-iron-boron based predecessors ... Extremely responsive ... Ultra Hi-Fi ... I'm really proud of this pickup ...
But it's so #€£%#ing hard to make ... A single unit takes a full week to fabricate ...
This steel deserved one though ... Had to squeeze in that on-on-on toggle ... Not much room on that pan ... 
I figured a fretboard "make-over" was in order also ... So I milled off the old integrated frets ... Cut fret slots ... Then layed in the fret wire ... wet sanded ... then to the buffer it went ...  |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 5:30 am
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Beautiful.
What is the toggle about? |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 5:47 am
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The unit has two 38 AWG wound coils ... One on top of the strings & the other under the strings ... And a modified Halbach array of NIB magnets produce a completely uniform dipole field in the air gap ...
The toggle lets you select the configuration of the coils ...
Humbucking for noisy environments ... single coil ( shorts out the top coil) ... and what I call the "Kick A$$" mode ... Both coils turn into what is essentially one giant single coil ... With the strings traveling through it ...  |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 5:55 am
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| Love it. |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 9:54 am
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Hi Rick:
When you get ready to produce these beautiful instruments I want to be on the list  |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 29 Dec 2013 5:10 pm
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| Sweet! I love the look of that Dustpan with the Airsteam. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2013 2:32 pm
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| Thanks y'all ... I keep putting off packing it up ... |
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Gregg McKenna
From:
South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 30 Dec 2013 8:41 pm Dustpan
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| It's a thing of true Beauty….what a fantastic job you did Rick... |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 12:54 pm
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Looks like # 001 made it through the "Polar Vortex" unscathed ...
Enjoy ...
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 8:03 pm Dustpan
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| Hey Daddy O'…this thing is the ginchiest! No doubt about it... |
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Steven Cummings
From:
Texas
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 12:00 pm
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Can we hear it Rick?
Just looks way too cool....
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Lookin' on the sunny side.... |
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 12:57 pm
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| I want one! |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 1:14 pm
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Maybe James will use it on the new Stooges album ... Iggy goes Hawaiian
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 13 Jan 2014 9:35 pm
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Looks great Rick, as your work always does.
I bet she sounds fantastic with that ultra Hi-Fi pup on her.
Todd |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2014 6:58 am
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Mucho Mahalos Todd ... I am very proud of these pickups
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Isaac Akuna
From:
Hawaii, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2014 7:41 am
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| That's a beauty. Would love to hear those new pickups. |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2014 8:09 pm
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Brilliant work, as usual,Rick!
You set the bar very high indeedy. |
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Rob Munn
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 16 Jan 2014 6:29 pm
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Love that steel! That configuration of piggy backed pickups must produce some wild sounds. Could be called the Toaster too, although I've always admired Airstreams, 'tis the better name..makes one think of soundwaves. Is that pearl inlay?
I too would be on the list for one like this, somewhere down the road. Wow.. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2014 4:50 am
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The "Toaster" ... Too Rickenbacker ...
The dots are Abalone ...
Thanks for the kind words y'all ... |
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