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Post by georgeharter on May 11, 2011 22:58:05 GMT -5
 Well, I searched the site and found nothing. Bought an eBow years ago, and my disappointment was expected. Is it possible to build a Bass sustain system? PS Being KLUDGMEISTER I'd run an 18v or 24vDC ps to the guitar if need be or even 120vac to a ps [grounding everything properly of course]. Aren't there any other bass players out there who have wished for this? Am I looking into a hopeless task? george
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Post by cynical1 on May 11, 2011 23:36:47 GMT -5
Well, I can't say for a fact that it'd work, but if I was of a mind to try this, short of trying to adapt 4Real's DIY sustainer, I'd send an e-mail to support@fernandesguitars.com and get their take on using their FSK-101 kit in a bass.  The pickup detailed above is just a neck pickup\driver. When activated it essentially vibrates the strings so the bridge pickup can capture the endless (endless is defined as the point up to where the battery dies) sustain. Any high output bridge pickup will work...at least it does with guitar pickups... I really don't know if the Fernandes neck driver is strong enough to excite bass strings enough to make it sustain. 4Real will be by eventually and can offer a much better insight as to how to adapt his guitar sustainer to a bass. If anyone can get you started off on the right foot with a DIY bass sustainer he'd be my first choice. Another option, depending on your comfort level with circuit board assembly, would be the ESP Guitar and Bass Sustain UnitI did have a fretless years ago with marine epoxy resin on the fingerboard that sustained like no other bass I've played...no batteries required... Happy Trails - Cynical One |
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Post by ashcatlt on May 12, 2011 10:18:22 GMT -5
Yeah, hopefully 4real will come around in a while. Seems I remember one of the biggest problems people have with DIY sustainers on guitars is driving the higher strings cause there's just not enough metal to "grab" with the magnetic field of the driver. There's plenty metal in a bass string. I'd guess there must be a point where it's just too heavy to shake with the standard driver amp circuits, but I for one am not sure where that point is.
That "sustain" circuit cyn posted is really just a compressor. Worth a shot, I guess, but I'm sure it wouldn't do what I want out of a sustainer.
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