This is awesome! This is the first video on your channel thatI've found. I'm wanting to build/buy/find an 8 string sustainer and am pretty sure 3d printing it myself and going the DIY route is the way to go. I'm going to browse and see what else I can learn from you! Thank you for sharing!
Do you have a more high res picture of the full circuit that's on the webpage 'Reverse Engineering a Sustainiac Sustainer'? I didn't find it in the github. I don't find the transformer in the schematic. Where should this be located and connected to the driver. Hope you can help me out.
Hi Brian, Awesome video explaining how the coil is wound, wired, and designed -- really looking forward to your next update! Out of curiosity, where did you source the Neo magnets for the driver's baseplate? And also the polepieces?
Greetings- Great tutorial. Hope you are willing to answer a question. I recently purchased a VYEZ set up and have found the the driver is really weak. The 2 coils on it are front/back instead of side to side. Any thoughts on that? Also the driver coil windings are not wired parallel within the driver itself, but routed through an external switch that allows reverse polarity on one of the 2 coils. I assume this is for the "feedback" harmonic. In a nutshell, I was thinking of building a new driver or perhaps rewinding the one that came with the setup.
That looks incredible, we’ll done on doing this. I’ve seen so many videos attempting to do something like it but they just fall short but this looks like it might do a good job. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing.
Hell yeah any machinist will tell you about that one. You find out super fast the first time you ever forget these things. We kept ours on a chain and you just made it a habit to drop it hard before hitting the button. Hearing the key bang the machine becomes something you notice if it doesn't happen each time.
I've got several put together, I just want to make sure that the marriage of the driver to the circuit works flawlessly before I offer them for sale just so that the experience is as smooth as possible for everyone.
Currently it is not. I am all packed up for moving and don't know when or if I'll get a new batch in. If you are really interested, you can contact me through my webpage so that I can keep track of whether there is enough demand for making up more kits or not.
I’ve a question. Could you build a cv controlled sustainer ? What I’m imagining is a six string remote controlled ebow. 6 control voltages would open the power to 6 coils. One for each string. That way a modular synth could control the guitar sustain.
Glad you liked it! I'm about to start shipping my driver kits and circuits. If you're interested, you can contact me through my webpage (link in description).
You have shouldn't you have a humbucker I mean because you got to have you lose a whole neck pick up you just have a sustainer there you can't use it for anything else but sustain it so you need a regular part of the pickup
This is surely the NO.1 sustainer DIY guide on youtube. I am wondering about one thing though, if the 2-piece pole tops were need to be angled and arranged in order to reduce the mag gap, what would happen if using a complete piece of pole top in the first place?
The problem is that one of the pole caps is N polarity and the other is S polarity. If you used one piece of metal, the two magnetic poles would cancel each other out. Also, please see the follow up video where I posted some more lessons learned. There will be another video or two to come in the future as I learn more, as well.
thanks, I thought that only the positive and negative charges will cancel each other when conducted by a single piece of metal, I did not know that same rule applies on the N and S poles. Which is still confusing to me, a regular magnet always has N and S poles together on a single piece of metal, are they canceling each other...? Anyway I appreciate your reply, I know this is not the place for getting a basic science class...Looking forward to your new posts!@@thescientificguitarist4228
Thanks! I'm actually working on another sustainer system that is less complex, though it uses all the same parts for the driver itself, just wiring coils in series instead of parallel. Hope to have that released soon. After I get everything squared away, I will eventually release all the 3D CAD files and such so that anyone who wants on can print the stuff and make one.
@@thescientificguitarist4228 excellent, yeah ive tried 2 x 3 pole coils in series...great stuff, i have a cheapo 3d printer too now so will keep my eyes open for your new update, nice one man .
@@pedrinhofonsecasolo7700 I will as soon as I finish some final development of the kits and do a demo of it all working. You can contact me via my webpage if you would like to get on the list. Thanks!
This is awesome! This is the first video on your channel thatI've found. I'm wanting to build/buy/find an 8 string sustainer and am pretty sure 3d printing it myself and going the DIY route is the way to go. I'm going to browse and see what else I can learn from you! Thank you for sharing!
Do you have a more high res picture of the full circuit that's on the webpage 'Reverse Engineering a Sustainiac Sustainer'? I didn't find it in the github. I don't find the transformer in the schematic. Where should this be located and connected to the driver. Hope you can help me out.
Hi Brian,
Awesome video explaining how the coil is wound, wired, and designed -- really looking forward to your next update!
Out of curiosity, where did you source the Neo magnets for the driver's baseplate? And also the polepieces?
I sourced magnets from Aliexpress and I machined the pole pieces from mild steel myself.
Greetings- Great tutorial. Hope you are willing to answer a question. I recently purchased a VYEZ set up and have found the the driver is really weak. The 2 coils on it are front/back instead of side to side. Any thoughts on that? Also the driver coil windings are not wired parallel within the driver itself, but routed through an external switch that allows reverse polarity on one of the 2 coils. I assume this is for the "feedback" harmonic. In a nutshell, I was thinking of building a new driver or perhaps rewinding the one that came with the setup.
It is possible, I suppose, that this driver is built as a dual pickup/driver- one winding is pickup and the other is driver?
where do I buy the kit?
That looks incredible, we’ll done on doing this. I’ve seen so many videos attempting to do something like it but they just fall short but this looks like it might do a good job.
Thank you for all your hard work and sharing.
This is amazing…why is this video not getting more attention
8:00 it's a good idea to keep the chuck key with your hand when using a lathe. It'll smash you real good if you forget about it and turn it on.
Hell yeah any machinist will tell you about that one. You find out super fast the first time you ever forget these things. We kept ours on a chain and you just made it a habit to drop it hard before hitting the button. Hearing the key bang the machine becomes something you notice if it doesn't happen each time.
Awwww, yes, you sir, earned a lifelong subscriber
Thanks!
@@thescientificguitarist4228hola como poder comprar un kit
looks great. I look forward to the kit being available.
I've got several put together, I just want to make sure that the marriage of the driver to the circuit works flawlessly before I offer them for sale just so that the experience is as smooth as possible for everyone.
IS THIS KIT AVAILABLE???
Currently it is not. I am all packed up for moving and don't know when or if I'll get a new batch in. If you are really interested, you can contact me through my webpage so that I can keep track of whether there is enough demand for making up more kits or not.
Have you discontinued your kit?
awesome work !
This is awesome
I’ve a question. Could you build a cv controlled sustainer ? What I’m imagining is a six string remote controlled ebow. 6 control voltages would open the power to 6 coils. One for each string. That way a modular synth could control the guitar sustain.
It's theoretically possible. You'd need 6 VCA's, six input and six output signals, but it's technically doable.
@@thescientificguitarist4228 amazing. I’d be so into that
Sir, you just earned another subscriber. I'm also in search for a diy sustaniac for the longest time but found no luck. This is awesome! Thank you
Glad you liked it! I'm about to start shipping my driver kits and circuits. If you're interested, you can contact me through my webpage (link in description).
@@thescientificguitarist4228 i certainly will! tahnk you
I want to sustainer pick up now
You have shouldn't you have a humbucker I mean because you got to have you lose a whole neck pick up you just have a sustainer there you can't use it for anything else but sustain it so you need a regular part of the pickup
nice
EXCELLENT video, Brian!
Where can I buy that kit?
Nice work. where to buy the kit ?
Very very cool. I gotta make one now
Can’t wait to check ‘em out!
nice tuturials
This is surely the NO.1 sustainer DIY guide on youtube. I am wondering about one thing though, if the 2-piece pole tops were need to be angled and arranged in order to reduce the mag gap, what would happen if using a complete piece of pole top in the first place?
The problem is that one of the pole caps is N polarity and the other is S polarity. If you used one piece of metal, the two magnetic poles would cancel each other out. Also, please see the follow up video where I posted some more lessons learned. There will be another video or two to come in the future as I learn more, as well.
thanks, I thought that only the positive and negative charges will cancel each other when conducted by a single piece of metal, I did not know that same rule applies on the N and S poles. Which is still confusing to me, a regular magnet always has N and S poles together on a single piece of metal, are they canceling each other...? Anyway I appreciate your reply, I know this is not the place for getting a basic science class...Looking forward to your new posts!@@thescientificguitarist4228
whooahhh how did i miss this, excellent work brian, looks the nuts.....
Thanks! I'm actually working on another sustainer system that is less complex, though it uses all the same parts for the driver itself, just wiring coils in series instead of parallel. Hope to have that released soon. After I get everything squared away, I will eventually release all the 3D CAD files and such so that anyone who wants on can print the stuff and make one.
@@thescientificguitarist4228 excellent, yeah ive tried 2 x 3 pole coils in series...great stuff, i have a cheapo 3d printer too now so will keep my eyes open for your new update, nice one man .
Brian, this format is obviously built to fit in a Strat, what should we do about hum bucker configurations?
I'm working on that as well. That one will be a real fun one, as it will be driver and circuit all in the humbucker enclosure. Stay tuned!
hello do you sell this kit to build the driver?
@@pedrinhofonsecasolo7700 I will as soon as I finish some final development of the kits and do a demo of it all working. You can contact me via my webpage if you would like to get on the list. Thanks!
@@thescientificguitarist4228let us know im very interested.
Are you selling this kit?
I will be once I get the last few details hammered out. If you are interested in one, contact me through my webpage and I can put you on the list.
thought you were going to pot it?
I ended up potting it off-screen. I am not testing different potting materials (epoxy vs. wax).
Where is the kit?
I'm about to start taking orders/shipping them. You can contact me through my website (link in description) to get put on the notification list.