Re: Doohicky - EBow - Sustainer availability...

[Bret <echoplex@yahoo.com>]

http://sustainiac.com/
makes this style (acoustic sustainer) also.
bret
--- Allan Hoeltje <ahoeltje@best.com> wrote:
> 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
> 


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