Re: Sustain

["T.W. Hartnett" <hartnett.t@apple.com>]

>I'd thought of using the middle pickup purely as a sensor for the 
>sustainer
>(which prob'ly won't work - see below.), which is nearer the driver (neck
>p'u) and less likely to have phase problems.  However, the root marmonic
>should always be in phase over all pickups (by definition) - it's the
>extent to which the signal is dominated by the upper harmonics what's the
>problem, which is why I thought it would be better to use the mid p'u.  
>the
>bridge p'u is all harmonics, which is probably not ideal.

The new Sustainiac does use the middle pickup, not the neck, as in the 
old design.

Travis Hartnett