Re: Sustainer Update

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)]

>> on the sustainer front, I'm trying to find a 100V ac generator to try...
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
>Hi,
>
>  I'm new to the list so I hope you'll forgive me if this has been
>mentioned before, but I assume you're investigating electromagnetic
>methods of producing infinite sustain on guitar notes, well I recall an
>old roland guitar synth that used a hexaphonic pickup, fed boosted and
>current limited versions of the signal from each string down that string
>(the bridge was insulated) and then had a powerful magnet in one of the
>pickup positions.
>Have you considered that approach?

Never heard of this version!... was it the same time the blue synth came 
up?
Are you sure it was Roland? (I thought I kept track then...)

And to for the current return, you use the truss rod (hows that screw in
the neck called really?) or a separate wire in the neck?
And this string current does not interfere in the other magnetic pickups?

Interesting... but I cannot figure the advantage of this system. You need
an aditional magnet anyway... sure, you can select the string you want to
feed back, but is this handy while playing? Once you have a polyphonic
pickup, you might better select the string there... ok, having both,  you
can feed back each string to itself only, but it means six amplifiers and I
do not see the advantage right now...

Matthias