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This is about sound modification in the guitar:
I modified the guitar completely. I install the sustainer pickup and fitted the electronic where the ROM card supposes to be and design a new aluminum cover plate in that place.
The connector to the rom/ram card is now directed under the main large plate and the slot to a rom card .If I decide to change that rom card I will have to lift the back plate. I guess I will never have to do this as a have so many sound not explored yet.
For switching from the different sound bank I have a push button that is directly accessed by my little fingers.
I change the configuration of the sustainer and set up the guitar in stereo mode while the bridge and neck pickup are handled in active mode by the sustainer circuit I kept the middle pickup routed to the synth channel for true stereo at the output. At the flip of a switch the synth can take back the relay and send the signal to his channel while switching off the middle pickup. In no sustainer mode the middle pickup is active and connected to the 5 switch selector pickup. Modification has been done in the preamp circuit for a better signal from both channels. So far, that the synth volume has been replaced by a toggle switch with 2 volume position via a simple resistance. The synth rotary volume was not found practical in concerts situation. The pick up volume is still rotary and the treble/bass control has been deleted. In most situations I never mess around with those EQ control and I like to keep the signal free from that impedance.
The volume control have a bypass switch that if the all electronic stop to work I still have the pickups working strait to output. If I use the bypass switch and keep the sustainer on I get this very interesting situation where the sustainer circuit out is off but the middle pickup send the vibration receive from the strings direct to the output thus the coloration will be the one from the pickup brand I have installed. In this case it is a CLAIM with high output resistance 13 with alnico 3 magnet.
One more modification and quite unique one is that the original Licenced floyd rose have been remplace by a Real Floyd rose and also fitted with piezo pickup system that provide this unique acoustic sound that I like to use in many recording situation one on my video show you this very particular sound.
I only use batteries 2700 that last for about 2 days working non stop.
The interesting things are that there has been no hard modification done to the body of the guitar. Everything has been properly shielded and the guitar is a joy to play.This guitar is unique in the world and more simply there is no other!period.
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