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Topic: Rick Aiello raises the dead
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Gerald Ross
Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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posted 07 September 2006 04:10 PM
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My 1947-8 T-Logo Bakelite Rick gave up the ghost about 10 months ago. It's just been hanging on the wall... dead.I sent it Rick Aiello for a resurrection. Apparently the person who owned the guitar before me (I'm not the original owner, I'm old, but not that old) placed the main pickup wire inside the bobbin and just sort of dribbled solder on it to hold it in place. I'm amazed it lasted this long. Rick performed his magic, completely rewound the pickup and rewired the whole guitar with new pots, wires etc. He also zapped the magnets in his Aiello-ian way. The thing sounds big and fat now. It's fun to play and I'm smiling a lot. Thanks Rick. Here are photos of the surgery.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum19/HTML/002673.html p.s. I removed the neck of the Rick before I shipped it, took 10 seconds. Made the shipping much less stressful. I bubble wrapped the whole guitar body - looked like the Michelin Man. I also got away with a smaller shipping box. ------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' 
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 07 September 2006 at 04:17 PM.] |
Jason Dumont
Member From: Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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posted 07 September 2006 04:15 PM
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I'm tellin ya, Patron Saint of Steel that Rick is! (that's gotta nice ring to it don't it?) |
Rick Aiello
Member From: Berryville, VA USA
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posted 07 September 2006 05:12 PM
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Glad it made it safely home ... and you like it.That #38 was an experience to work with ...  Enjoy ... ------------------
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The Casteels
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Garry Vanderlinde
Member From: Garden Grove, California, USA
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posted 07 September 2006 06:35 PM
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Rick Aiello: Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!
Gerald Ross: Rick -- In the name of God!
Rick Aiello: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God! 
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Bill Creller
Member From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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posted 08 September 2006 03:31 AM
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Removing the neck is the only way to assure the thing will not get broke, even with the tire tracks across the container. I bought a post-war late forties bakelite, with parts missing, last winter and had the seller remove the neck to ship it. |
Bob Stone
Member From: Gainesville, FL, USA
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posted 08 September 2006 05:38 AM
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Another Aiello miracle!I really like the idea of shipping without the neck. The only way to go! |
Rick Aiello
Member From: Berryville, VA USA
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posted 08 September 2006 06:24 AM
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Hey, that reminds me ...I took this photo at the HSGA '04 convention:  Can you help me ID the Mystery Guests ... (L to R) Mystery Guest #1, Gerald Ross, Mystery Guest #2, Mystery Guest #3, Mystery Guest #4
Thanks in advance ... 
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Dustpans LTD.
The Casteels
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Gerald Ross
Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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posted 08 September 2006 06:41 AM
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Last year I was Churchill, this year Costello. Time for plastic surgery and intestinal bypass. ------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association |
Rick Aiello
Member From: Berryville, VA USA
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posted 08 September 2006 07:16 AM
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Last year I was Churchill, this year Costello
Sure beats my Alter Ego ...  ------------------
Dustpans LTD.
The Casteels
HSGA
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HowardR
Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.
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posted 08 September 2006 09:43 AM
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quote:
Rick Aiello raises the dead
Hey, can ya' do something for Harry?.... 
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