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Re:Re: Looper's Essential Infinite Sustain



also beware that they are quick battery suckers and
once it has drained your guitar will be dead!
Luis

--- mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The sustainiac does have a special pickup that
> mounts
> in the neck position, however, it does operate as a
> regular pick up too.  Actually, I kind of dig it's
> tone.
> 
> --- a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Infinite guitar sustain
> > 
> > >  From what he's said, there are some electronics
> > that do the same 
> > > job as standing in front of a very loud amp and
> > controlling the 
> > > feedback (like Fripp on "Heroes") that produces
> > infinite sustain, 
> > > as opposed to alternating magnets vibrating the
> > strings, which is I 
> > > think other devices get huge sustain.
> > 
> > I think I saw a description once.
> > One of the guitar pickups is run "in reverse".
> > i.e. the amplified guitar signal is sent to the
> > pick-up, which 
> > vibrates the string.
> > 
> > I don't know if you need a special pickup for
> this,
> > but certainly 
> > some regular pickups would burn out rather
> quickly.
> > 
> > If that's right, it would be a fixed position
> ebow.
> > 
> > 
> > andy butler
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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