Re[2]: Sustainers and Sustainiac...

[Mike.Biffle@wj.com (Mike Biffle)]

Don't forget Alan Hoover and Sustainiac... 
     
His product works the same as the Fernandez... (they "borrowed" his design 
or a 
portion of it) and he's currently working on a Strat version which will 
use the 
middle pickup as a driver. I can't quote exactly, but believe a fully 
loaded 
pickguard w/your pickups sent to him for the mods will come in a well 
under 
$400... maybe less than $300.

The (old) Sustainiac email address is... maniac@netdirect.net 

Alan Hoover posts to this list frequently so you might query him directly 
about 
it.


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Subject: Re: some loop content
Author:  Jeff Duke <jmar@bellsouth.net> at INTERNET
Date:    10/24/98 12:16 AM


yeah, and I hear that to buy the sustainor unit with mods on a guitfiddle 
is
about the same price as the whole works. Frankly,I have been disappointed 
with
the conversations with Fernandes reps. on the phone. I guess they are doing
alright without me.
Mayby a group buy? Not instigated by me.

Jeff

Rik Myers wrote:

> >>Does anybody have any info on getting a Fernandes
> >>guitar? I have lists of dealers in the area but
> >>they don't have them in stock( ever). ..... ETC
>
> I've heard a couple sustainers that were ripped out of Fernandez gits and
> wired into a strat and a Fly. Neither player wanted the Fernandez, just 
>the
> sustainer. ONe bought his new, sight unseen, because he wasn't going to 
>use
> the git. The other found a used Fernandez and robbed it for the part. 
>Maybe
> with heavy lobbying Fernandez would consider selling the sustainer
> separately. For the time being, it appears that their policy is to make
> people by their (not horrible) gits in order to get the sustainer.
>
> Anybody ever take one of these things apart? Know how it works? Could we
> cobble one together?
>
> Rik