Re: OT Variax (with sustainer)

[Philip Conway <Philip.Conway@bristol.ac.uk>]

I've thought about getting one of those before.  Good to hear that they 
work well.

Coincidentally, I was just listening to 'Musette and Drums' by the Cocteau 
Twins - that song always makes me fantasise about owning a sustainer 
guitar!  It blows my little mind.

--On 18 September 2012 07:24 -0700 Ted Killian <tedkillian@charter.net> 
wrote:

> If you like sustainers that much, there is the Sustainiac Model C floor
> unit that essentially makes it possible to have a Sustainer on any guitar
> you own (as long as it is electric and has a headstock for the clamp-on
> transducer).
>
> <http://www.sustainiac.com/model-c.htm>
>
> I have owned Sustainiacs of this variety (actually the earlier Model B)
> for years, and although the extra cable can be a nuisence, the things can
> be made to work quite well with any guitar and the sustain more dynamic -
> like real amp feeback.
>
> On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Michael Peters wrote:
>
> > anyone tried NST on a Variax? I just did, in a shop, and was intrigued -
> > it would make my playing life easier, having to switch between tunings,
> > sometimes quickly, and needing at least two guitars for that. Now, if it
> > had midi and a sustainer ... I wonder if it can be done and if anyone
> > has tried?
> >
> > -Michael