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The Fountain Pickup
02/03/08 at 3:31pm

A recent febrile state ... led to a series of bizarre ideas ... one's that never occurred to me before.

Basically a way to "shoot up" a magnetic field ... tall, wide , strong and most importantly ... uniform ...

It engulfs a large coil and strings ... very similar to the field generated by my H-Shoe, MRI, Convertible and Potbelly assemblies ...

Except this has ... no "over the strings" component ... my first conventional style ... "under the strings" unit.

Very different than anything I know of (IE ... P90s, Bigsbys, Charlie Christians, Chicago Steel, etc ) ...

Well, I felt good enough to build a crude prototype (no photos lips sealed

) ... . and damned if doesn't work ... bigtime. Grin

Might be the item I concentrate on "this season" ... aside from some "select" other units for my buddies ... lips sealed

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Harry Dietrich Big Kahuna Posts: 80	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #1 - 02/04/08 at 12:50am Do I see a patent in the offing???
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Don Kona Woods Big Kahuna I Love Hawaiian Steel Guitar & My Hawaiian Family Posts: 788	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #2 - 02/04/08 at 12:51am Quote: Might be the item I concentrate on "this season GO FOR IT!!!!! Aloha, Don
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Rick Aiello Administrator Slant that Bar Posts: 688	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #3 - 02/04/08 at 3:11pm Quote from Harry Dietrich on 02/04/08 at 12:50am: Do I see a patent in the offing??? This time ... I just might try for one I'll be encasing the prototype in a block of opaque black casting epoxy ... I thought about calling it ... "The Flux Cannon"
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Re: The Fountain Pickup
Reply #4 - 02/04/08 at 10:11pm

Quote from Rick Aiello on 02/03/08 at 3:31pm:

A recent febrile state ... led to a series of bizarre ideas ... one's that never occurred to me before. Basically a way to "shoot up" a magnetic field ... tall, wide , strong and most importantly ... uniform ...

This could have been the opening of a story by H.G. Wells. I look forward to the next exciting episode.

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Terry Farmer Big Kahuna Steel Explorin' Posts: 48	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #5 - 02/05/08 at 12:39am Ok Rick, you got me going again. I've got a great big George L in my 12 string SuperSlide. I can see a "Fountain" in place of it right now! This is going to be be great for those of us who like to play "top down convertable" style. Finally, an Aiello naked pickup.
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Rick Aiello Administrator Slant that Bar Posts: 688	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #6 - 02/05/08 at 9:33am Well, I put the "ultra crude" prototype in my Excel JB Frypan ... and demo-ed it for ... "Da Boss" last night ... Went up against a "Potbelly", an "MRI" and an "H-Shoe" ... in various Dustpans ... She's gonna "bankroll" 20 units ... (they ain't gonna be cheap) ... Now if she'd just "bankroll" that 20 yr old Au Pair ...
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Terry Farmer Big Kahuna Steel Explorin' Posts: 48	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #7 - 02/05/08 at 12:31pm Sign me up Rick. 4-1/2 x 1-3/8" OD. George L mounting. I'll send the mounting details if you don't have a George L lying around. Wind it HOT!
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Re: The Fountain Pickup
Reply #8 - 02/05/08 at 1:42pm

This unit will be 1" tall & 1.25" wide ...

It's "sensing" length will be 3.5" long ... which will give it ... a total length of around 4.5" .

All mounts ... will have to be made independently from the unit ... and attach via (2) # 8-32 threaded holes in its base ...

It's big and very heavy ...

It just don't need a "top" ... Cool

Maybe I should call it the "South Beach Pickup" ... right Jeff S. kiss

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Terry Farmer Big Kahuna Steel Explorin' Posts: 48	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #9 - 02/05/08 at 2:24pm Sounds like it will work like a charm. Will the sensing length of 3.5" have enough "give" to pick up the outer two strings of a 3.75" outside to outside string spacing?
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Re: The Fountain Pickup
Reply #10 - 02/05/08 at 2:37pm

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Will the sensing length of 3.5" have enough "give" to pick up the outer two strings of a 3.75" outside to outside string spacing?

Nope ...

But that 3.5" isn't "set in stone" either ...

The height of 1" is though ... so its gonna require a deep rout (like a Ricky unit, etc).

The max "sensing" length that I can ... as far as my calculations predict ... go ... is 4" ....

So 3.75" falls within my "safe zone" ... giving that unit a total length of 4.75" ...

I take it, thats what the 12 stringers are ???

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Re: The Fountain Pickup
Reply #11 - 02/05/08 at 3:16pm

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I take it, thats what the 12 stringers are ???

Yep, and wide spaced 10 stringers. That's the way my super slide is set up now. If you go with the 3.75" sensing area and 4.5" OD you'll expand the market for your "south beach" to hundreds of GL-10 users world wide. Also, the SuperSlide's body is hollow, so the depth of the pickup is no problem.

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Rick Aiello Administrator Slant that Bar Posts: 688	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #12 - 02/05/08 at 3:49pm Quote: If you go with the 3.75" sensing area and 4.5" OD I'll shot for that then ... thanks for the info ... But that's one of the perils of winding with # 38 ... it takes up alot of real estate. # 38 and the height of the unit ... non-negotiable
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Terry Farmer Big Kahuna Steel Explorin' Posts: 48	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #13 - 02/05/08 at 4:10pm Cool Bean, man, and if a 4.75" OD is necessary for the 3.75" sensing area, no problem! That's what they made dremel tools, routers, rat tale files and milling machines for. P.S. Thanks for cleaning up my "quote" mess
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Rick Aiello Administrator Slant that Bar Posts: 688	Re: The Fountain Pickup Reply #14 - 02/05/08 at 4:34pm I'll shoot for 4.5" total length / 3.75" sensor ... I ordered all the stuff today (striking now ... before "Da Boss" changes her mind) Terry, when it all arrives ... I'll build you the first one ... and ship it out ... You can be my "lab rat" ... When's that Dallas Show ...
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