Sustainer retrofit

["T.W. Hartnett" <hartnett.t@apple.com>]

><<>1)    Is the Fernandes or any other sustainer available as a retro-fit?
>
>Yes, but Fernandez charge a wallet-smasking 272UK for it ($400)!!!>>
>Interesting...I asked the guy at the Fernandes NAMM booth about retro-fits
>and he said absolutely not, too complicated getting the thing set up
>correctly and since it interacts with the bridge pickup, they couldn't
>guarentee that it would work well with all other pickups.

The Sustainiac system is available as a retrofit, but it also goes for 
about $400.  You send them your pickguard and pickups, they wire 
everything up and send it back, or you can send them the whole guitar.

Travis Hartnett