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Sustainer Update

I've just been talking with Kent Armstrong, who recons a low-Z pickup could
be built for about £50 ($70-ish).  How could I refuse?

Problem is, this needs to be done right, so I'm asking everybody for
suggestions on this... any idea what's required?  I'm just going for a lot
of bigger-gauge turns - we'll have no idea of the impedance 'till it's
built - but does anybody have any ideas of the impedance of the Fernandez
neck pickup?  Or the current flowing into it, at least? (You guys with Fer.
guitars could measure this by checking the draw from the batteries)

I'm guessing (literally!!!) that I'll need a Z of about 100ohm, producing a
current of about 100mA - a total draw of about 1 Watt.   Is that OK or a
bit too extreme?  Is 10ma sufficient (I'm guessing it probably isn't)? 
Opinions, _please_!!

Michael

Dr Michael Pycraft Hughes      Bioelectronic Research Centre, Rankine Bldg,
Tel: (+44) 141 330 5979        University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
    "Wha's like us?  Damn few, and they're a' deid!" - Scottish proverb