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Ooop, sorry, David I meant, not Kevin. ----- Music: http://www.kellycoyle.net Blog: http://wwwquotidianme.blogspot.com/ On Feb 16, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Kelly Coyle wrote: > Like Kevin, I had a Model B Sustainiac. It is cool, but not cool > like an eBow. Since chords have a tendency to collapse to one note > (and not necessarily one you would predict), practically it *is* an > eBow. OK, not really, but it's less different than you'd think. > Actually, for me, the Sustainiac shined at being *less* intense > than an eBow -- eBows for me always sound very driven, and the > Model B could be subtle. (It could also shake the hell out of the > guitar, which is cool.) > > Now there's a Model C, and I have been tempted. > > ----- > Music: http://www.kellycoyle.net > Blog: http://wwwquotidianme.blogspot.com/ > > > On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:53 AM, jj 179 wrote: > >> Not sure if anybody else had this experience, but a coupla years >> ago I went out and bought a Fernandes Sustainer. I had been using >> an e-bow for years and had heard wonderful stories about the >> Sustainer. >> >> It was an extreme disappointment. The guitar itself was incredibly >> cheaply built. The Sustain didn't work very effectively at all - >> certainly **not at all** like an e-bow. I could only get the >> faintest of feedback and it sounded lousy. >> >> I'm sticking to my e-bow. >> >> just my 2 cents. >> >>> At 02:40 AM 2/15/2006, David wrote: >>>> There are two types of Sustainiac. The Electro-acoustic one that >>>> clamps to the headstock: >>>> >>>> http://www.sustainiac.com/model-b.htm >>>> >>>> which is the one I use and which can be moved from guitar to guitar >>>> (and even works on electro-acoustics) and the 'Stealth' which is >>>> the >>>> 'Guitar Pickup Working Backwards' variety: >>>> >>>> http://www.sustainiac.com/stealth.htm >>>> >>>> and which comes in Fender and Gibson versions. >>>> >>>> The Fernandes Sustainer is a version of the latter, though I'm not >>>> sure exactly when or how the development 'forked'. >>>> >>>> the electro-acoustic and electro-magnetic versions sound and act >>>> rather differently, so it's not a simple matter to choose between >>>> flavour of effect and convenience & tidiness of installation. >>> >>> What is the difference in the flavour of effect? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kevin >>> >>> The Nettles: Progressive and Exciting Celtic Music >>> www.TheNettles.com >>> >>