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I took my Bakelite to Burdines Cosmetics Dept ... They matched the color of the dots with nail polish ... 1 drop fills the well ... when it hardens it makes a nice fret dot Mr. Green

Folks hav ...

Yep ... that's what I was thinking too 🤠

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"Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" is the first song on this HSGA video ... it's played on my best sounding Ricky , an A25 frypan ... same settings, etc

https://youtu.be/WLt0Z0Idw_o?si=SkL57xh-L8qD6 ...

My ShoBud JB needs a new fretboard ... someone in the line of succession tried to use chemicals to clean it and wiped off a lot of the "Jerry Byrd" ...

I imagine finding another 22.25&quo ...

Mucho Mahalos Mr. Green

Can of worms ... officially opened Laughing

From 2002 ...

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Thanks for the inspiring words 🤓

Too bad you retired (I did a year ago) ... I'd love to see this new pickup in one of your custom builds. 🧐

I'm trying hard not to "Spam" this pic ...

I get correspondence about playing with Parkinson's, vibrato and why I don't post many videos (who wants to see a shakey old man) Laughing

So here is a 3 song video that I made for ...

Billy Robinson is another master slant style artist. In this video he is using one of the Ed Packard/Bill Stafford Zirconia bars ... they had no lip or indent ... and as you can see ... it's doable b ...

Thank you sir ... Mr. Green

Jon, that's about how I hear it too. Cool

You mention the human factor. Well, The Excel was my main guitar from '87 to '99 ... so I'm very use to it.

The ShoBud kind of messes with my mind ...

Here is "Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" on the Excel. Same setting on everything ...

https://on.soundcloud.com/8MegNAfHGAMregxv8

Can you tell a difference between the ShoBud and the Excel ? ...

PS: Sorry about the ending of "Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" ... I messed up the harmonic passage, well, it was beyond repair Laughing

I bought my Excel (Fuzzy) JB Frypan* new in 1987. The ShoBud was a gift from a good buddy. It's serial number is A087. Here's the signature on the engraved pan cover.

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Jerry Byrd puts on a "Master Class" on reverse slanting in this video ... "Surprise Waltz"

https://youtu.be/vLNYnBUB0FY?si=JMIj_Pum6REVle-W

In order to do reverse slants fas ...

Jerry Byrd puts on a "Master Class" on reverse slanting in this video ... "Surprise Waltz"

https://youtu.be/vLNYnBUB0FY?si=JMIj_Pum6REVle-W

In order to do reverse slants fas ...

Gentleman, thank you very much Mr. Green

It's a C followed by three numbers ... I can't tell what they are 🧐

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Straight neck ...

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That crack is 360 degrees ... around the top, sides and bottom ... one continuous "line" which bisects the bridge/string through holes ...

My guess it that it was dropped and broke ... t ...

Thank you gentlemen Mr. Green

I bought a "gutted" Bakelite maybe 25 years ago. I've collected some parts (plates & tuning machines) over the years ... dropped in a few different horseshoe pickups that we made back i ...

I see three scenarios for these pickups ...

1) 6 stringers into Rickenbachers w/o their horseshoes (several on Reverb)

2) 8 stringers are designed to drop into JB frypans (Excel or Shobud)
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Topic: Missing the mark
Rick Aiello Replies: 2 Views: 460	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Apr 2024 12:37 am Subject: Missing the mark
Rick Aiello Replies: 2 Views: 460	I took my Bakelite to Burdines Cosmetics Dept ... They matched the color of the dots with nail polish ... 1 drop fills the well ... when it hardens it makes a nice fret dot Folks hav ...
Topic: First Gen. of Fender Deluxe, Dual Pro. & Custom Steels..
Rick Aiello Replies: 28 Views: 16845	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Apr 2024 12:36 pm Subject: First Gen. of Fender Deluxe, Dual Pro. & Custom Steels..
Rick Aiello Replies: 28 Views: 16845	Yep ... that's what I was thinking too 🤠 https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9692_1.jpg
Topic: First Gen. of Fender Deluxe, Dual Pro. & Custom Steels..
Rick Aiello Replies: 28 Views: 16845	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Apr 2024 12:55 pm Subject: First Gen. of Fender Deluxe, Dual Pro. & Custom Steels..
Rick Aiello Replies: 28 Views: 16845	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9681_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9682_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9686_1. ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2024 3:53 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	"Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" is the first song on this HSGA video ... it's played on my best sounding Ricky , an A25 frypan ... same settings, etc https://youtu.be/WLt0Z0Idw_o?si=SkL57xh-L8qD6 ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2024 9:25 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	My ShoBud JB needs a new fretboard ... someone in the line of succession tried to use chemicals to clean it and wiped off a lot of the "Jerry Byrd" ... I imagine finding another 22.25&quo ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2024 4:38 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Mucho Mahalos
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Mar 2024 11:46 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Can of worms ... officially opened From 2002 ... https://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/003323.html
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Mar 2024 1:54 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Thanks for the inspiring words 🤓 Too bad you retired (I did a year ago) ... I'd love to see this new pickup in one of your custom builds. 🧐 I'm trying hard not to "Spam" this pic ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 2:23 pm Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	I get correspondence about playing with Parkinson's, vibrato and why I don't post many videos (who wants to see a shakey old man) So here is a 3 song video that I made for ...
Topic: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 10:28 am Subject: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Billy Robinson is another master slant style artist. In this video he is using one of the Ed Packard/Bill Stafford Zirconia bars ... they had no lip or indent ... and as you can see ... it's doable b ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 8:43 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Thank you sir ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 6:00 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Jon, that's about how I hear it too. You mention the human factor. Well, The Excel was my main guitar from '87 to '99 ... so I'm very use to it. The ShoBud kind of messes with my mind ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 3:19 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Here is "Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" on the Excel. Same setting on everything ... https://on.soundcloud.com/8MegNAfHGAMregxv8 Can you tell a difference between the ShoBud and the Excel ? ...
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2024 3:54 pm Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	PS: Sorry about the ending of "Ku'u Pua I Paoakalani" ... I messed up the harmonic passage, well, it was beyond repair
Topic: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2024 9:01 am Subject: JB Frypans : ShoBud & Excel
Rick Aiello Replies: 19 Views: 1434	I bought my Excel (Fuzzy) JB Frypan* new in 1987. The ShoBud was a gift from a good buddy. It's serial number is A087. Here's the signature on the engraved pan cover. https://bb.steelguitarfo ...
Topic: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Mar 2024 10:37 am Subject: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Jerry Byrd puts on a "Master Class" on reverse slanting in this video ... "Surprise Waltz" https://youtu.be/vLNYnBUB0FY?si=JMIj_Pum6REVle-W In order to do reverse slants fas ...
Topic: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Mar 2024 10:36 am Subject: What bullet steel has indent at base to facilitate slants?
Rick Aiello Replies: 33 Views: 2208	Jerry Byrd puts on a "Master Class" on reverse slanting in this video ... "Surprise Waltz" https://youtu.be/vLNYnBUB0FY?si=JMIj_Pum6REVle-W In order to do reverse slants fas ...
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Mar 2024 3:00 am Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Gentleman, thank you very much
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 2:32 pm Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	It's a C followed by three numbers ... I can't tell what they are 🧐 https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9534_1.jpg
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 10:28 am Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Cutaway neck ... https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9515_2.jpg Straight neck ... https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_9521_1.jpg
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 9:15 am Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_7721_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/2128_IMG_7707_1.jpg
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 8:59 am Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	That crack is 360 degrees ... around the top, sides and bottom ... one continuous "line" which bisects the bridge/string through holes ... My guess it that it was dropped and broke ... t ...
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Mar 2024 1:45 am Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Thank you gentlemen
Topic: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Mar 2024 4:18 pm Subject: B6 redo
Rick Aiello Replies: 14 Views: 749	I bought a "gutted" Bakelite maybe 25 years ago. I've collected some parts (plates & tuning machines) over the years ... dropped in a few different horseshoe pickups that we made back i ...
Topic: NIBtone Pickup
Rick Aiello Replies: 1 Views: 713	Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 4 Mar 2024 5:14 am Subject: NIBtone Pickup
Rick Aiello Replies: 1 Views: 713	I see three scenarios for these pickups ... 1) 6 stringers into Rickenbachers w/o their horseshoes (several on Reverb) 2) 8 stringers are designed to drop into JB frypans (Excel or Shobud) ...