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About the sustainer, Yeah, Alan is a very very nice person.. and the sustainer is great... but I think it is much better with a Humbucker in the bridge position than a SC pickup.. I find the SC a little weak for sustainer operations... I was just thinking about that yesterday: Jennifer Batten (Jeff Beck's second guitarist) got a "String damper" on ther guitar to mute the strings when she does 2 hands tapping... It must be great with the Stealth, you don't have to always mute the strings with your 2 hands (can't be hard with some positions or notes)... ----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Michael Odnaloc" <billowhead@hotmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:50 PM Subject: Re: Transducers and Sustainiac > Seeing as I just went through this whole process myself a few months ago, I > think I can give you a pretty good opinion. > > I tried out a Fernandes model first and was pretty underwhelmed with the > performance of the sustain. It seemed too tame for my tastes and you >also > have to be aware of which version you buy as not all guitars come with >the > same circuit (some only give you fundamental and harmonic feedback while > some give you those plus a mix mode). I returned my Fernandes shortly after > I tried it and ordered the Sustainiac system instead. > > IMO the Sustainiac is just a better system, it sounds MUCH better than >the > Fernandes. Its much more robust and the sustain was a lot stronger and more > varied in its sound. The Fernandes may have been a touch better at doing > the imitation E-bow thing, but the Sustainiac pickup is far wilder and more > powerful (and can do a fair ebow as well). The sounds that I can get >from > this circuit are really fantastic, from screaming feedback to very (VERY) > hypnotic drones. > > And on top of that, Alan Hoover has been really helpful. I installed the > Sustainer myself and had some problems getting everything tweaked >properly > and he's been really fantastic in answering my questions and getting things > working properly. > > In my opinion, it sounds MUCH better than the Fernandes model I tried. > > I highly recommend the Sustainiac and Maniac Music. > > Hope that helps > > Kevin > > PS According to Alan, Fernandes has their patents and he has his, they are > NOT the same circuits. > > > > > >Hey thanks for reminding me about something that I've been meaning to >ask > >the list. How do the Sustainiac and the Fernandes Sustainer compare? Anyone > >got an opinion? Is the big difference that the Sustainiac is a kit and you > >have to get the Fernandes on one of their guitars or do they also have a > >kit. I'm intrigued by the concept, but not sure which way to go. > > > >-skully > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >