Matoshi
Inspired
I actually have one of these, crazy sustain and feedback even when NOT plugged into an amp.
SUSTAINIAC MODEL C
Interesting, I've never seen that before! Do they have audio/video clips of it in action? I only found this:
I actually have one of these, crazy sustain and feedback even when NOT plugged into an amp.
SUSTAINIAC MODEL C
That's the unit I have but that's a really shitty demo IMHO, my brother is borrowing mine or I'd post a clip ASAP. This thing is fucking amazing (that's right I said it) because it enables you to select they type of feedback you want:
1. note sustain only - no harmonics just fundamental note
2. note which blooms into octave harmonics and
3. you can control the intensity AND the speed of the tranistion
I may go over to his house and steal it back. You can have headphones on, record in total silence and have walls of screaming controlled feedback going on. It's perfect for getting that gigantic, "the cops are on their way cuz it's 3:15 AM" tone without the visit from local authorities.
If any of you guys are seriously interested, I'll go over, grab it and post some sound clips.
-Greg
That's pretty much exactly the idea I had except I envisioned the input as a line-level input from the Axe-Fx.
OK, so here's the deal, recorded using a Mathias Jabs MasterCaster into a Sustainiac model "C", output into the AxeFxII, Bogfish Brown with the new hi-res OH_212_BOG-SH_FN-42_Studio-Mode cab. NO MONITORS, USED HEADPHONES ONLY!!!! Yes I know, too much gain and clams but you get the point.
https://soundcloud.com/gcenker/sustainiac-test
Take (amplified Axe-Fx output) and connect it to any reasonably heavy-duty full range driver, 5" or smaller. Now affix that speaker directly to the body of your electric guitar! Depending on the size of the driver, this could be on the lower bout, or down below the tailpiece, or even up on the headstock.
Obviously, if you’re playing a valuable pristine ax, you’ll want to put some careful thought into exactly how you attach this hardware. I’ve used duct tape, C-clamps, and reusable weather stripping, all with adequate results; admittedly, though, the best results I got were when I decided “to hell with cosmetics” and used wood screws to bolt the speaker onto the body of a cheap Japanese Les Paul copy.
The point of this exercise is that by re-energizing the guitar body with its own amplified output, you’ve effectively harnessed infinite sustain and controllable feedback. (Astute readers may recognize this as the theory behind products such as the Sustainiac, but I must tip my hat to Steve Holland and Seth Gussow for introducing me to this technique a decade before those commercial devices were available.) If you have a spare amp head that you can dedicate to this feedback circuit, you can also experiment with an equalizer in the signal path; this offers more control over which frequencies will feed back, allowing you to even out the response over the range of the guitar.
OK, so here's the deal, recorded using a Mathias Jabs MasterCaster into a Sustainiac model "C", output into the AxeFxII, Bogfish Brown with the new hi-res OH_212_BOG-SH_FN-42_Studio-Mode cab. NO MONITORS, USED HEADPHONES ONLY!!!! Yes I know, too much gain and clams but you get the point.
https://soundcloud.com/gcenker/sustainiac-test
That's pretty much exactly the idea I had except I envisioned the input as a line-level input from the Axe-Fx.
they still make the sustainer pup...Fernandes puts them in a ton of their guitars....