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I adressed my concern regarding this to Axel and he is puting a switch in the back of my guitar which bypasses all active electronics,he also gave me the option of powering the sustainer through a custom external 9v compartment powered by an adaptor and feed the sustainer through the cable,we will see... Luis --- mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't like to think of it as dead, I like to think > of it as the robot in Lost in Space when Dr. Smith > pulls his power pack out.... > > but seriously, the guy who did my installation > (http://www.brawer.com) in my Steinberger did a > great > job where he installed an additional battery so now > I > use 2 nine volts and if the Sustainiac dies I still > have main power. Of course when that dies it's > over. > > Mark > > --- Luis Angulo <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > www.luis-angulo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com