Members The Tone Snob Posted July 29, 2006 Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 I really want one of these, but i wanna be able to swap in a better quality bridge pup without messing it the Sustainer wiring and such. Is it pretty much the same as replacing the pup in a regular guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted July 29, 2006 Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 Yes, swapping the bridge pickup on a Sustainer guitar is the same as a regular guitar. It won't interfere with the Sustainer, and no special wiring required. I've done it twice. However, installing a Sustainer system in a guitar that doesn't already have one is a major job. Better to buy an already-equipped Sustainer guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Tone Snob Posted July 29, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 Originally posted by Karma1 Yes, swapping the bridge pickup on a Sustainer guitar is the same as a regular guitar. It won't interfere with the Sustainer, and no special wiring required. I've done it twice. However, installing a Sustainer system in a guitar that doesn't already have one is a major job. Better to buy an already-equipped Sustainer guitar. Cool, which models do you have, and what pickups did you swap in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richardson Posted July 29, 2006 Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 Which model Fernandes are you looking into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Tone Snob Posted July 29, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 Originally posted by SAWTOOTHGRINX Which model Fernandes are you looking into? Don't really care, as long as it's got the sustainer in an H-H config, and has a trem (preferably a floyd). Although there is a weird, older one on Music Go Round that has kinda piqued my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted July 30, 2006 Members Share Posted July 30, 2006 Cool, which models do you have, and what pickups did you swap in? My first Sustainer equipped guitar (which I incidentally just happened to trade yesterday at the California Guitar Show for a mid 70's Ibanez "lawsuit" Les Paul Custom copy) was a Fernandez Revolver Pro. It's a super Strat-style guitar with Floyd Rose type trem. The first bridge pickup I put in there was a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom. After a while, I wanted to use that pickup in another guitar, so I put in a Gibson 490R out of a Les Paul, which sounded really good in there. The reason I let go of that guitar is because I recently finished working on another guitar that fullfills that function. It's a PRS Santana SE that I've totally tricked out with a Sustainiac pickup in the neck, the Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge, 3-way switching, Roland GK2A guitar synth pickup, and locking tuners. The guitar is amazing and the combination of the Sustainiac and the guitar synth (GR33) is perfect for the kind of ambient electronic music I use it for. I like the Sustainaic Stealth Plus pickup system a little better than the Fernandez, but they are both great. Installing the Sustainiac, or a Fernandez from scratch is a very big job. I have a friend who is an electronics engineer who has installed a Sustainiac in his own guitar, so he has experience, and it took him around 8 hours worth of work. But, as I said, just installing another bridge pickup is like any other guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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