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Topic: Finally ... a Pre-War A25 |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2005 5:29 pm |
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I've been on the hunt for along time ...
A25
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Russ Young
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2005 6:25 pm
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Feb 2005 7:05 pm
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 1 Feb 2005 7:09 pm
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fer shor.
Gonna clean it up or dig the patina? |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 1 Feb 2005 9:58 pm
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 2:34 am
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| A great addition to the museum dude! |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 6:57 am
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| That's Astounding!!!! |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 7:03 am
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Will this inspire a long scale Dustpan?
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 02 February 2005 at 07:04 AM.] |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 9:15 am
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Very cool indeed!
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Carter D-10 C6/E9, 54' Fender Champion C6, two Oahu laps C6/G, two Nationals C6/G, and two Resonators tuned to open G
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 9:56 am
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Great score Rick, perfect original condition!
Is that a hollow, or solid neck?
Any etched/stamped markings (generally on the end of the headstock), or tungsten wiring?
Where you able to learn it'd pedigree, or what porch it's been hiding under for all these decades?
Can't wait to hear your choice of tune to display it's obvious fine sound.
Congrats! |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2005 10:21 am
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I didn't even email the seller till yesterday ... didn't ask any guestions ... just said Howdy.
I saw it the day it was listed ... and just watched ... hoping for the best.
Ron, it's post 1937 (pat. # on half-moons and arrow knob) ... thats all I know.
Certainly not the "Holy Grail" model ... but I'm "tickled pink"
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 5:09 am
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The autoparts stores around here have a paint stripper called "aircraft paint stripper" which will tear that wrinkle finish off big-time. It appears that the magnets and everything else got sprayed with the stuff. Do you think that's an original early paint? I know early frypans were painted with wrinkle paint. What are your plans for it?
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Mike Simpson
From:
Gilbert, Arizona, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 7:01 am
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Rick,
the paint on this A25 looks like an original paint or a very old refin, Could it be original? Looking at the pics it looks like it could be.
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Big Mike
http://www.blueswizards.net
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 7:11 am
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I'm sure it is the original paint .. standard "krinkle" pattern.
The seller said it was "filthy" ... but he was leary of cleaning it.
I ain't ... 
Seems like alot of A25s were "krinkled" ...
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 7:19 am
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Now THAT's what you call patina. You could always bronze it, Rick! 
Long scale frypans of any kind are few and far between. Glad your wish came true. I've never seen that particular finish before but it reminds me of Ralph Kolsiana's bronze paint job on frypan #4. He used automotive lacquer!
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Mike Simpson
From:
Gilbert, Arizona, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 8:32 am
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Rick,
If the paint is original it would be an absolute shame to remove it. Remaging the pickup makes functional sense though.
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Big Mike
http://www.blueswizards.net
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Feb 2005 8:16 pm
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Rick, that was my frypan, not Bobby's. I let him use it so that he wouldn't have to lug his to the convention. He likes the solid neck type anyway. He says they have more sustain (??)
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2005 4:29 am
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In the immortal words of Johnny Carson:
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I musta been in some sorta Trance up there ... |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 4 Feb 2005 4:39 am
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Feb 2005 5:05 pm
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| That's actually kind of a kickass look, the gleaming chrome against the old krinkle. Mean looking music machine. |
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