Fernandes Sustainer system available seperately - news or ol

**jono** · #1 02-05-2001, 04:12 PM

Well anyway - I just got a copy of the march issue of UK mag *"guitarist".

On page 20 there's a short article that says that Fernandes will now be selling the sustainer on it's own under the model number FSK-401 it'll cost £299. I'm not sure if you guys all know this or not so I posted this just in case anyone else is as in the dark as me :biggrin:

ripl3y · #2 02-05-2001, 04:44 PM

And what about the Korean PRS?

This may well be very very old news (i don't keep up with things)

, and was just a preview, so I look forward to next months review of it.

Steve

jay ratkowski · #3 02-05-2001, 05:56 PM

I actually just ordered a sustainer today. *Cost me $150 USD. *Not too bad, cheaper than buying a new guitar.

As for the Korean PRS, I believe that was NAMM news... look for their stock to go down (see other high end companies who have done the same thing).

pri0531 · #4 02-05-2001, 06:01 PM

Hey Jay:
Did you get the single coil or the dummy humbucker? *R U putting it a Jem?
Out,
Gregory

darren wilson · #5 02-05-2001, 06:08 PM

Jay: Where did you order the Fernandes sustainer from?

jay ratkowski · #6 02-05-2001, 08:17 PM

Gentlemen -
The sustainer says it's a "high output humbucker"... so I'm assuming humbucker shape with dummy single coil. *

It's going to require some routing in the pickguard, but I plan to put it in my JEM7BSB as of right now.

I ordered it from Music Go Round.

darren wilson · #7 02-05-2001, 09:06 PM

I had frequently considered getting a Fernandes and gutting it for the Sustainer unit, but after reading the Sustainiac site, i'm more inclined to go with their Stealth unit. The Fernandes Sustainer is basically a 2-generations-old Sustainiac. The Sustainiac guys have been doing all kinds of research and development on improving the transducer and the amplification circuit.

I also like that the Sustainiac is really designed to be a retrofit, and comes with push-pull pots for activating it and switching between fundamental and harmonic modes. No ugly mini-switches! (Though you could probably replace at least of the Fernandes' mini-toggles with a push-pull pot.)

Let me know how you like it. What kind of routing do you need to make to the pickguard (other than drilling a couple of holes for the mini-toggles)?

jay ratkowski · #8 02-05-2001, 09:25 PM

Darren -
The Fernandez system is designed as a complete replacement for your electronics. *It comes with a pickup selector, tone pot, volume pot, sustainer intensity pot, and the mini toggle switch. *I'd have to route a hole for the 3rd pot and the mini toggle. *HOPEFULLY everything else will fit nicely.

yuza · #9 02-06-2001, 09:19 AM

What are the sustainer's characteristics exactly?? I've seen a lot of talk about them, but never really understand what they do and how.....

darren wilson · #10 02-06-2001, 09:52 AM

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Quote: from yuza on 8:19 am on Feb. 6, 2001
What are the sustainer's characteristics exactly?? I've seen a lot of talk about them, but never really understand what they do and how.....

I'd recommend you go to http://www.sustainiac.com and read about the Sustainiac Stealth model. It explains it all there.

In a nutshell, it takes the signal from your bridge pickup, amplifies it, then pumps it out through a magnetic transducer (basically a reverse pickup) in the neck position. The fluctuating magnetic field generated by the transducer excites the strings and gives you "feedback".