I’m spoiled, I have a Fernandes MG-145S with a built-in sustainer. D: I’m not sure how it compares to a sustainiac, but it can fake several different pickup configs!
Proud owner of a Sustainiac! I went with this because of the relative ease of use compared to an EBow or the TC Electronic Aeon. Honestly, the only con with the Sustainiac is if you’re relatively clumsy like myself and you DESPISE soldering like I do, the wiring for the control board is 18 extra wires by itself, so I’d recommend (especially if your control cavity is small like in the case of the Jackson KEXQ Kelly that I have my Sustainiac installed in) taking it to your local guitar tech for the install. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LOSE THE WIRING DIAGRAM - THEY WILL NEED IT. If you’re in the Brooklyn, NY area, go to the Sam Ash near Kings County Mall and ask for a guitar tech by the name of Chris Vega. He installed my Sustainiac and did a damn good job! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
It’s worth mentioning that the the sustainer pickup system was originally invented by experimental guitarist Michael Brook, who used it on albums like the amazing Cobalt Blue. He only made two, originally, one of which he gave to The Edge who used it on “With Or Without You” by U2. The Sustainac etc. are based on Brook’s designs.
The Ebow tends to be more useful with a neck pickup. You can use it to interact with the neck pickup by changing the intensity of the magnetic field. Use it slightly behind the pickup for a lighter flow then slide it directly over the pickup for full on overload. It's a very useful device.
Very cool sound. The Edge from U2 uses this "Ebow" on many of U2 songs, like "With or Without You". Thank you for the cool reviews - Dagan should have his own TV show !
With the ebow you can play beautiful, amazing volume swels, that put it apart from Soustainiac and Fernandes. I decidedly preffer the ebow, i use it a lot, i love this little magic and very musical tool..
Used to be a high gain fanboi but when getting older I really start to like the cleaner Fender kind of tones. Was to buy a little headpone amp and bumped into the EBow Plus...so I bought both 😊 Still figuring out on how to use the Ebow but it is a lot of fun. With phones and little Fender headphone amp 🤠
I didn’t know the sustainiac “turned off” the neck pickup, have never heard anyone mention that before! I don’t think I’d miss it in use but it’s good to know!
You're holding the Ebow backwards, the LED light should be toward the neck. Holding it backwards makes it very hard to find the nodes. The instructions that come with the Ebow clearly show how to hold it.
From what I remember reading, I seem to recall Robert Fripp's sustain on 'Heroes' being achieved entirely through experimenting with amp feedback and positioning in the booth, in the studio version anyway. In live situations, such as on the Isolar II tour, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Carlos Alomar (or possibly Adrian Belew, I'm not sure which of the two guitarists) would've used an EBow to match the record.
Great video, thanks! But why I have to sacrifice the neck pickup? Can’t I make a hole between the neck and bridge pickups and place the sustainer there?
I hope they will sell the sustainer ll separatelly. This one has the size of a fret and you can instal beerween the neck pickup and the fingerboard. for the moment, you only can get it in some fernandes models by factory
Not mentioned with the Sustainiac is that sustaining a chord all of the strings will gravitate to a single note! It does not sustain all of the individual notes.
Another inaccuracy, it’s implied that you can use another pickup along with the sustainer. This is not true! The magnetic field from the sustainer creates noise if the active pickup is too close to the sustainer. Sustainiac says the sustainer should only be used with the bridge pickup.
What brand fingernail polish do you use? I heard that OPI, Essie and Sally Hansen fingernail polish is the best. Have you tried any of these? Have you ever had any skin or nail damage from finger male nail polish? I use Revlon, I don't know if that's available in the UK. Sometimes I get confused with the black fret dot inlays and my black finger nails. I don't know which is which half of the time. Please let me know, thanks.
I do love me some sustain! 🤘 What would you choose, the Sustainiac or EBow? ⚡️
The Ebow and Sustainiac are cool. But when I want sustain I prefer the Les Paul from Spinal Tap.
I like both but the sustainiac wins because you can use it at any time
I’m spoiled, I have a Fernandes MG-145S with a built-in sustainer. D: I’m not sure how it compares to a sustainiac, but it can fake several different pickup configs!
Sustainiac of course
Proud owner of a Sustainiac! I went with this because of the relative ease of use compared to an EBow or the TC Electronic Aeon.
Honestly, the only con with the Sustainiac is if you’re relatively clumsy like myself and you DESPISE soldering like I do, the wiring for the control board is 18 extra wires by itself, so I’d recommend (especially if your control cavity is small like in the case of the Jackson KEXQ Kelly that I have my Sustainiac installed in) taking it to your local guitar tech for the install. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LOSE THE WIRING DIAGRAM - THEY WILL NEED IT.
If you’re in the Brooklyn, NY area, go to the Sam Ash near Kings County Mall and ask for a guitar tech by the name of Chris Vega. He installed my Sustainiac and did a damn good job! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
It’s worth mentioning that the the sustainer pickup system was originally invented by experimental guitarist Michael Brook, who used it on albums like the amazing Cobalt Blue. He only made two, originally, one of which he gave to The Edge who used it on “With Or Without You” by U2. The Sustainac etc. are based on Brook’s designs.
Dan Lanois has an Infinite Guitar, made for him by Michael, and I'm the 4th owner/operator of the Infinite Guitar.
The Ebow tends to be more useful with a neck pickup. You can use it to interact with the neck pickup by changing the intensity of the magnetic field. Use it slightly behind the pickup for a lighter flow then slide it directly over the pickup for full on overload. It's a very useful device.
Great job explaining sustainers. I got my eye on a couple of Schecter models with the sustainiac. The Apocalypse and or the Hellrairsser
Had a Schecter with a Sustaniac. Very cool for getting some of those Satriani type sustains in his songs
I bought a schecter sun valley as I am heavily inspired by Steve Hackett and it nails his tones perfectly.
so glad u mentioned spinal tap
Very cool sound. The Edge from U2 uses this "Ebow" on many of U2 songs, like "With or Without You".
Thank you for the cool reviews - Dagan should have his own TV show !
On With Or Without You, the Edge used an experimental “Infinite Guitar” created by Michael Brook, not an E-Bow.
5:35 that sounds suspiciously like the Halo 2 theme song (tuned down) 😁
Yep, that's the first thing I heard but slightly off.
Well that was recorded with something similar to a Sustainiac; Fernandes Sustainer (still a sustainer nonetheless), it was fitted in Steve Vai’s JEM
I have two of these Schecters (your PT and a Strat style in black) they’re awesome!
With the ebow you can play beautiful, amazing volume swels, that put it apart from Soustainiac and Fernandes. I decidedly preffer the ebow, i use it a lot, i love this little magic and very musical tool..
Volume knob could be used to imitate this
I’ve been using one for years, I use with delays and shimmer to get orchestral sounds.
Now I use it with my cloudburst pedal as well
This - using it with chords and a clean tone through compression, chorus and delay gives you an almost synthesizer type sound.
I use Digitech Freqout pedal ;)
Used to be a high gain fanboi but when getting older I really start to like the cleaner Fender kind of tones.
Was to buy a little headpone amp and bumped into the EBow Plus...so I bought both 😊
Still figuring out on how to use the Ebow but it is a lot of fun. With phones and little Fender headphone amp 🤠
Phil Collen of Deflepard uses Sustaniac Pickups in alot of his Jacksons
Ebow -Nazareth Love Hurts Solo? Sustainer -Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream?
I didn’t know the sustainiac “turned off” the neck pickup, have never heard anyone mention that before! I don’t think I’d miss it in use but it’s good to know!
Gotta trademark those Sustain Smiles 😂
You're holding the Ebow backwards, the LED light should be toward the neck. Holding it backwards makes it very hard to find the nodes. The instructions that come with the Ebow clearly show how to hold it.
From what I remember reading, I seem to recall Robert Fripp's sustain on 'Heroes' being achieved entirely through experimenting with amp feedback and positioning in the booth, in the studio version anyway. In live situations, such as on the Isolar II tour, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Carlos Alomar (or possibly Adrian Belew, I'm not sure which of the two guitarists) would've used an EBow to match the record.
Yeah - the feedback on Heroes didn’t use any devices. Fripp has used the Fernandes Sustainer in recent years.
I have the sustainiac in one of my Jackson’s, it’s too much fun. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
Hey I got a question about it sustainer, does it applies the magnetic field to every string or just the one that’s playing?
Another great piece of gear is the Digitech Freqout.
also the sustainiac model C, with a floorbox and mounted on the headstock. i have been wanting to order it to try.
You definitely got the licks!
What would you recommend among squier sonic hss, yamaha pac012 and ibanez grx40 ...1st electric guitar..really confused 😕
Great video, thanks! But why I have to sacrifice the neck pickup? Can’t I make a hole between the neck and bridge pickups and place the sustainer there?
My question too!
I hope they will sell the sustainer ll separatelly. This one has the size of a fret and you can instal beerween the neck pickup and the fingerboard. for the moment, you only can get it in some fernandes models by factory
you should do a video on the p rails by symore duncan
Need one of these to play some tool fr
Steve Hillage! :)
For a moment I thought he was breaking out the halo theme!!!
Not mentioned with the Sustainiac is that sustaining a chord all of the strings will gravitate to a single note! It does not sustain all of the individual notes.
What is that mattblack basso on the right side
Schecter Nikki Sixx Signature Bass! 🤘
I’d choose a sustainiac because of synyster gates 😂
Syn is legendary! 🔥
do this with the FreqOut
Another inaccuracy, it’s implied that you can use another pickup along with the sustainer. This is not true! The magnetic field from the sustainer creates noise if the active pickup is too close to the sustainer. Sustainiac says the sustainer should only be used with the bridge pickup.
Can you get that same effect using pedals ?
@@LIKEFUNK awesome , thank you very much. ☕👍🏼
@@LIKEFUNK nice, auto correct makes things interesting , huh ?
@@LIKEFUNK digitech made an amazing reverb pedal called the supernatural but I think it's been discontinued.
Fernandes sustainer pickup
In short the "secrets" of the past couldn't remain secret forever. 🤘😔🎸
Out the window with it!
What brand fingernail polish do you use? I heard that OPI, Essie and Sally Hansen fingernail polish is the best. Have you tried any of these? Have you ever had any skin or nail damage from finger male nail polish? I use Revlon, I don't know if that's available in the UK.
Sometimes I get confused with the black fret dot inlays and my black finger nails. I don't know which is which half of the time. Please let me know, thanks.
Ebow the Letter. New Adventures in Hi-Fi.
I’m just here for the incredible hair and great English accent.🤓
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just develope your vibratto till you can whip the string to pitch and you never run out of sustain