Ralph Czitrom
From:
Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 29 May 2019 8:32 am |
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Here’s a rare opportunity to buy a Rick Aiello creation. Up for sale is a 15 pound solid cast aluminum dustpan. The previous owner’s description says it all:
* Long (25.5”) scale
* Gold hardware
* Abalone fret markers
* Concentric potentiometers
* Integrated nut & bridge (it’s all one piece)
* 7/16" string spacing at the bridge, 3/8" at the nut
* Retrofitted hardshell case
And the amazing Dining Car pickup:
* Two coils, one under the strings & one over the strings
DPDT switch for three modes: single coil, humbucker & Kick A$$
* 38 AWG magnet wire
* Unique single point string sensing for optimal superposition
* Cylindrical Halbach Array of Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets
* Creates a uniform dipole magnetic field in the fixed air gap
Playing this guitar reminds me of how powerful it felt to drive a Jaguar XKE when I was 18…. Asking $1,500 plus shipping.
From Rick:
When the switch is in the middle position, only the bottom coil activated. This sounds the most like a horseshoe pickup (but better.) It has that classic Frypan "pop" at the attack. Throw the switch and you get both coils on in series, so it's like having a giant single coil with the strings running through it. This is my favorite: Kick A$$ mode. Maximum constructive interference for the two coils. Big lush sound, nothing out there even in its league.
The other position puts both coils on "reverse wound." True hum-bucking because the coils share a common dipole magnetic field. There is some cancelation of frequencies, and the tone is a little lighter. The whole pickup is surrounded by an aluminum cage that acts basically a faraday cage, so the pickup, no matter what setting is very quiet in all modes. In real bad electrical environments, the hum bucking option is helpful. But you'll find yourself using the single coil or A$$-kicking modes the most.
The pickup, like any "horseshoe" type is very bright. So to get that thick McIntire tone, keep the volume on full, roll the tone all the way off, then bring it up until you first hear "a change" in tone. Then stop. That's the sweet spot.
Last edited by Ralph Czitrom on 2 Jun 2019 6:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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