What's the most fun mod I could perform on an extra strat?
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I've always wanted to try wiring one pickup to a tiny built-in speaker (powered by a 9V Ruby amp) placed behind the bridge. In my mind, it would keep the guitar vibrating right at the edge of feedback all the time. In practice, it might just feedback horribly all the time.
kickoldman wrote:I've always wanted to try wiring one pickup to a tiny built-in speaker (powered by a 9V Ruby amp) placed behind the bridge. In my mind, it would keep the guitar vibrating right at the edge of feedback all the time. In practice, it might just feedback horribly all the time.
That's like a DIY version of the Fernandes Sustainer system. Either way it works out, it could be fun...
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Actually nothing at all like the Fernandez system. Use the Ruby circuit to drive an 8 Ohm, 3mm deep coil of 32 gauge wire wrapped and potted around an the bobbin of a Single Coil pickup and stick it in place of the neck pickup. That will work like the sustain part of the Fernandez thing, and probably far better than the speaker. Course, he said he wanted it "at the edge of feedback" as opposed to "feeding back like the Edge".Smitty wrote:kickoldman wrote:I've always wanted to try wiring one pickup to a tiny built-in speaker (powered by a 9V Ruby amp) placed behind the bridge. In my mind, it would keep the guitar vibrating right at the edge of feedback all the time. In practice, it might just feedback horribly all the time.
That's like a DIY version of the Fernandes Sustainer system. Either way it works out, it could be fun...
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+1lysander wrote:Maybe don't spend another dime and just keep it in DADGAD or some other open tuning. You could set it up for slide, too.
Another tuning that's fun to have around is Orkney - CGDGCD
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