| Author |
Topic: 24.5" cast "Tenor Pan" |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 12:32 pm |
|
I was invited to participate in a local art exhibit ... and they asked me to cast a guitar on site as a demonstration to conclude the show yesterday...
I figured I'd do up a long scale Tenor pan to go with my 22.5 incher ...
I cleaned it up abit this morning ... probably wont have time to mess with it til summer (one more quarter at school)
Everyone seemed to have a good time ... I'll be playing it this fall the HSGA Denver convention  |
|
|
|
Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 2:06 pm
|
|
| Very cool! That was a neat process to demonstrate at an art show. |
|
|
|
Former Member
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 2:35 pm
|
|
Wow you did a great job!
-wish I was there |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
|
|
|
Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 3:40 pm I'm impressed
|
|
I'm impressed Rick,
The video was a nice add and the photos are nice too.
Hope you'll keep posting until it's a done deal?
Also thanks for the tips.
Best wishes,
Andy 
_________________
Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
|
|
|
Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 4:53 pm
|
|
| Great job as usual Rick !! |
|
|
|
Steve Wilson
From:
Morgan Hill, California, USA
|
Posted 1 Apr 2018 8:11 pm
|
|
| Very impressed! Great job! |
|
|
|
Mark Helm
From:
Tennessee, USA
|
Posted 2 Apr 2018 7:53 pm Awesome
|
|
Sweet! And just a tiny bit scary. We're glad you were wearing steel-toe boots, too!
Keep us posted on the progress!
_________________
Remington Steelmaster S8 w/ custom Steeltronics pickup. Vox MV-50 amplifier + an 1940's Oahu cab w/ 8" American Vintage speaker. J. Mascis Fender Squire Jazzmaster, Hofner Club bass, Ibanez AVN4-VMS Artwood Vintage Series Concert Size Acoustic Guitar. 1920s/30s Supertone Hawaiian-themed parlor guitar. Silvertone parlor guitar. |
|
|
|
Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
|
|
|
|
Kirk Francis
From:
Laupahoehoe
|
Posted 4 Apr 2018 8:48 am tenor fry pan
|
|
| i for one would be interested to know what your preferred 4-string tunings are, when you get a chance. thanks. |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 4 Apr 2018 10:32 am
|
|
Hi to Lo
E B G# E ... E Maj ... I use this the most
E C# G# E ... C# min ... for my Sol and D. McIntire
E C# A E ... A Maj ... for the real oldies 
E C A E ... A min ... for my C6 tunes
Gauges
0.016 0.018 0.022 0.030 |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
|
|
|
Kirk Francis
From:
Laupahoehoe
|
Posted 4 Apr 2018 11:46 am 24.5" cast "Tenor Pan"
|
|
| mahalissimos! |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 8 Apr 2018 3:04 pm
|
|
First day of sanding ...
 |
|
|
|
Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 8 Apr 2018 6:14 pm
|
|
| I'll bet that long scale will sound great !! |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 14 Apr 2018 2:01 pm
|
|
Figured I'd go horseshoe for this one ðŸ¤
 |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 7 Jul 2018 3:35 pm
|
|
Almost done ...
Acrylic inlays
 |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 23 Jul 2018 3:12 pm
|
|
All done ... super happy with it ðŸ¤
I went with a "satin" finish ...
My 'ol buddy HowardR came by yesterday to see it ... and the pigs ðŸ¤
Once I get used to the longer scale ... I'll post a tune that I'm playin' in Ft Collins in a few months ... it is more "articulate" than its little brother ... 🤠|
|
|
|
Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
|
Posted 23 Jul 2018 3:23 pm
|
|
Spiffy! Can't wait to see it in person at Ft Collins. Great job as usual.
_________________
"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
|
|
|
C. E. Jackson
|
|
|
|
Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
|
Posted 23 Jul 2018 5:45 pm
|
|
| She's lovely, tall and skinny - and definitely the only one on your block! I'm looking forward to hearing it as well. Where'd you get the spiffy octagonal "carousel" knob? Personal stash or is somebody making them again? |
|
|
|
Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
|
Posted 24 Jul 2018 1:13 am
|
|
She sure looks and sounds terrific, Rick!
_________________
Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
|
|
|
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
|
Posted 24 Jul 2018 8:11 am
|
|
| Bill , I cast that knob from a mold I made off my A22's knob 🤠|
|
|
|
Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
|
Posted 24 Jul 2018 9:57 am
|
|
| Rick Aiello wrote: |
| Bill , I cast that knob from a mold I made off my A22's knob 🤠|
 It figures. Aiello the Amazing. |
|
|
|
Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
|
Posted 24 Jul 2018 11:21 am
|
|
Question Rick, those pinholes...is there anyway to alleviate those? Is there some kind of filler? If you were to polish the Lap Stl. they would be even more visible.
I remember in 9th grade metal shop we did some castings and everyone's in the class had pin holes and even bigger. I'm not sure, but I think they come from grains of sand dropping down from the upper part of the mold? Is this what happens? Our stuff I think was some kind of "pot metal" and all holes got filled I believe with plastic wood and later got painted, so it didn't matter. You did an admirable job Rick and hope you post a video once you get her up and running.
_________________
Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
|
|
|
