RE: Sustainiac/Parker Fly

[Hoover Alan <HooverA@tce.com>]

Hi, Mack

 

We are in Indianapolis.  We don't really have a factory, as we outsource small parts and electronic circuits.  I run Maniac Music out of my house.  You're welcome to set up an appt. and check out some guitars with the Sustainiac if you wish.  Theoretically, you can make a pickup into a driver.  But what you have to do is drive it with a large amplitude signal (in the hundreds of volts range).  This is what the Michael Brook "Infinite Guitar" did back in the 80's.  It is very impractical to do it this way, though and has significant engineering problems that in my opinion make it un-manufacturable.

 

Regarding EMG's:  I sent you an answer to your email question last week.  I will re-forward the message to you.

 

Alan at Maniac Music

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirkland Mack [mailto:kirklandmack@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:11 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Sustainiac/Parker Fly

Is Maniac Music based in Indiana? What area? Alan do you allow visitors in your factory to discuss options and do demos? The thing is I've wanted a sustainer for a long time, but never had the courage to do it without being able to try it first and hear what the replacement pickup sounds like. Is there any way you can make a sustainer driver out of a normal guitar pickup? Have you ever installed a sustainer into a guitar with EMG David Gilmour Pickups? Thanks.