Re: Doohicky - EBow - Sustainer availability...

[Allan Hoeltje <ahoeltje@best.com>]

There is another way to induce sustain in a guitar and that is by 
physically attaching a transducer to a "sweet spot" on the body.  The 
signal out from the guitar is split: one to your regular FX/amp, the other 
to
a volume pedal and amp that feeds the transducer.  A fellow on the Chapman 
Stick list by the name of "Stick Dragon", aka Arthur Durkee, developed 
this system for his Stick.  He calls it the "Infinite Sustain
Feedback System".  Unfortunately, the company that made the transducer no 
longer sells them and I have not found any available alternatives.  One 
downside of this method is that over use causes the transducer to
get very warm.

-Allan


Mike Biffle wrote:

> >>Yeah but are they available as a separate unit  to be installed in a 
>favorite guitar?
>
> > Unfortunately, no.
>
> Well... I guess the Stealth Sustainiac system (in a guitar I'm building) 
>being produced by Maniac Music is in a category all by itself then... 8-)
>
> Alan Hoover has been producing one version or another of a similar 
>design as the Fernandes "Sustainer" since before Fernandes was making 
>them... mostly because he was the guy they "liscensed" their design from.
>
> Anyway... I've copied Alan on this post and maybe he'd like to provide 
>us all with some updated information concerning his Sustainiac systems.
>
> Best regards,
> -Miko