WHY SUSTAINIAC RULES
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2022
- Trying out a Sustainiac. I love sustainiacs. You should love sustainiacs too... Sustainiacs....
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Have a great Friday everyone!
You too bro!!
Same to you, master!
You too bro
This is such a great video! Might have to buy one next summer. Cant wait for my new silver open pore canabalismo getting here in July. See ya next video :)
Hi Ola. Just wondering out loud to myself, and figured I would ask the question here. Will there ever be the option to order a guitar from Solar, with optional upgrades? Specifically Im interested in the Floyd Rose equipped guitars. Like, how hard would it be logistically to have an optional upgrade to a full German made Schaller Floyd vs a Floyd Rose 1000 ? Naturally paying extra for the upgrade? I'm just curious if this could be a thing, or if its to hard. I wonder how many customers would even want the option. I don't know. I'm just a gumby watching your vids, and loving them I might add.
Usually I annoy my family trying to play as many notes as I can. With this pickup, I can drive them insane with just one note. A hole new level of sonic torture. Thanks!
Hahaha! 😂👏🏻
nice bro😅
My dogs hate it!
Why is this so 100% true. I understand Daron Malakian from SOAD that he has always been personal with guitar and played mostly when he was alone lol
true
Definitely one of the best Sustainiac demos I've every seen and heard. Spot on, Ola.
It definitely fucks..
The sustainiac is probably one of the most underrated pieces of guitar technology given what it’s capable of. Especially when paired with a Floyd you can do some really cool things.
Until u play one with a slide. 🤯
Steve Hackett has made the Fernandes sustainer pickup his own!
But has anyone done the heresy of playing pantera with it? Might be a missing piece of tone? Or I'm just a jackoff on the internet what do I know?
Imagine if Dimebag had sustainiac pickup. I mean, that would have been crazy...
He didn't need one
@@drpepperoverdose still would’ve been cool to see what he’d do with it
@@scoopskiii they were out when he was still alive so he must have felt he didn't need it or never checked one out.
makes me wonder how his dime squeals sustained without dying
He had a freqout pedal
Man, you HAVE TO BE the first guitar company owner to put both Evertune and Sustainiac together in a single serial-produced guitar. I'm buying one if that's ever happening.
@@thelastvigil111 I think very possible because sustainiac is basically just a pickup and evertune is bridge part so they go to different "slots". However sustainiac is much more useful with floyd rose style bridge so probably wouldn't sell well. Cheapest alternative might be to just buy evertune solar and install sustainiac if you really want both
For recording it still would be nice to have the sustainiac on a evertune setup. Here's hoping he does it on a seven or even better the 29" scale!
@@EemeLamsi Nothing cheap about buying a sustainiac, and having it installed! They have to reroute everything, and do drilling and cuts in the wood. It’s very complicated and expensive. 100% best to buy a guitar, that already has a sustainiac.
@@IvanEinstein What’s so appealing about Evertune? As far as I was explained, it just means you don’t have to tune your guitar. Tuning your guitar takes 30 seconds. As far as I understand, evertune doesn’t enhance sound, or playability at all. Definitely a cool concept. But is it REALLY worth it? Just so you don’t have to tune your guitar for 30 seconds?
@@9hk38f I didn't say it was cheap. I just know evertune is not cheap either and requires routing too so maybe you can install sustainiac a little less but I don't know.
The sustainiac is only a singlecoil. The other half of the humbucker is empty. hence why you can get them in a "single coil" configuration. The only difference between the single coil and humbucker version is that one pretends to be a humbucker while the other doesn't even try.
So essentially it’s just for whatever fitted socket you got in your neck position?
@@h4wk277 You got it. 😎
@@antman2826 okay but why cant i have sustainiac in my strat?
They need it to pretend to look like a real humbucker.
I don't think that's right. The sustainiac doesn't have sound output. the other coil in the humbucker is the neck pickup
I have the sustainiac in my Jackson DK2S, it can sustain low notes making it sustains like a cello. It can beef up the sustain of power chord and palm mutes, creating the illusion of higher gain while retaining all of the articulation. I no longer need to kick on boost pedals or use compressor to add sustain for leads. Wise move ola.
can it make does harmonic kind of sounds to?
@@bernamelo8486 all of it. The older version has 'intensity' knob, this allow you to fade sustain in or out.
The sustainiac is so strong it can be louder than some picked notes, so the intensity knob is great to dail down the power.
What is the different between sustainiac in dk2s and other? I loved dk2s also.
@@yezzicorp264 Sustainiac in DK2S has bigger circuit board compared to latest variant. Compared to Fernandes sustainer, sustainiac sustain notes much more intensely and reliably.
Ok. The Diablo part really got me!
thanks for playing the tristram track on that beast :D
7:52
Bro, I know this video is a couple years old, but watching it for the first time and discovering this epic sounding pickup is golden. Your playing just accentuates the awesomeness of the sustaniac. Awesome job bro.
The clean cords sounded haunting 😯. Very cool!
I just took delivery last week of a Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder with sustainiac. Aside from the guitar itself being 14,987.09 kinds of awesome, man when I kick that Sustainiac in its crazy! Great cathedral tones when used with echo, reverb and chorus.
Highly underrated guitar, nice move!
I have one of those guitars too. Way exceeded my expectations.
I'm getting ready to order one online. Seem like awesome guitars for all the features and a great price too
Sustainiacs are super underrated. I'm gonna warn anyone thinking about buying this guitar that it'll make you want them in everything with a Floyd.
if that happens, you can still buy a Digitech Freqout and mount it on your pedalboard. That way you have a sustainiac for every guitar in your collection.
Schecter have a hole line of guitars with this pick up and they are amazing. I have a Hellraiser and is top quality and also underrated
Big agree with Lyle here. Sustainiacs are an absolute blast to play with. Opened up a couple different avenues for some leads.
@infoslinger If you hate the floyd why did you buy it ??
@@DMNDREG
Super Shredder here, but yeah, Schecter is THE awesome guitar maker right now. My new Schecter is so well constructed, everything works just as it should..
Such a beautiful demo! Well played and Sustainiac rules!
That’s got to be the greatest clean tone I have ever heard in my life. Great job Ola!!
a demo well worth viewing , well done, clear, ,precise, and fun . Ola rocks the SUSTAINIAC!.
Absolutely loved the cleans, so ambient
Ever since I heard about the Sustainiac, I've been wondering exactly how it works. And now I've finally learned how, thanks to you! Thanks for the great video explaining the ins and outs of the Sustainiac!
That’s a spot on Diablo chord lol. I’m pretty sure he used some sustain stuff on that.
Thanks for the great demo. I'm a big fan of Steve Hackett, who has used the Fernandez sustainer for years. I'm glad that you showed the details of how the Sustainiac product works.
Nowadays I find myself liking Ola’s video’s even before I start watching them.
I had one installed on my Schecter FR and man oh man is it cool. Glad to see you included this on a couple of your models. Great video.
Killer tone, bro! Nice to hear some singing melodic lines ring out, instead of some people trying to cram too many notes in. Tone and melodies every time!
Man this thing sounds so frikkin good. And Ola your playing has gotten so good man... keep up your awesome work 👏 😊
I have the sustainiac system in a guitar and it's pretty cool for certain things. Its weird to get used to it at first, wouldn't want it on every guitar but its cool to have on one.
Incredible demo! I’m sold! You’re the man OLA!
Damnit, Ola, I've been trying to decide which Solar guitar I am going to buy for over a year now and now you throw these into the mix.
You’re channeling your inner Vai.
You should make a Solar in Type O Negative Green!! Haha. Loved Kenny's uses of the Sustainiac.
I second this
See Schecter SVSS Green Reign ;).
I get so excited when I see a new video from Ola. We need moar!!!!!! Please 🥺🙏
This is a fantastic demo. The tones are amazing 👏
So many DT easter eggs, John Petrucci sends his regards Ola!
Voices at 7:05 literally send chills down my spine, followed by ACoS intro. I'll absolutely be getting one of those solars!
What does the acronym stand for? I know the song but I cannot for the life of me remember it...
*Nevermind! It's 'A Change of Seasons'!! Your acronym was enough afterall!!!
Don’t forget Just Let Me Breathe @3:06
Thank you for this review, Ola.
..beautiful..simply beautiful..that clean is angelic ..
Dude you are giving me guitar face with how slick that solo in the beginning was!
Yooo! Stars and ponies intro was so good! Found the song recently and been listening to it a lot haha! Also man i love those higher pitched endless sustain, creates such a wonderful ambient
The line that I recognized was "A change of seasons" by Dream Theater on 7:33
Gotta love when a metalhead gets turned on by beautifully haunting clean chords. True musician😎
Beautiful phrasing and voicing of notes ... fantastic.
What a great video!! Ive been wanting a Jackson PC1 since forever because of the sustainer and now these Schecter models seem just as good but more affordable. Thanks for explaining and doing this demo video. You rule Ola!!
SOLAR just killing it again... those 2 looked so good on camera the frets looked like ice! #teamcart
I have the Kenny Hickey(Type O) baritone with sustainiac and IT RULES
Oh boy, I would love to have that guitar! Kenny is a legend, he's funny as fuck haha
Sweet! I've been searching for a sustaining bass pick up like Pete used but I haven't found one
yeah me too. it's not the best guitar but i love it just the same
@@Dwightpower88 I went to the ESH bass site to look for a reference but you're right - even the Peter Steele sig does not come with a sustainiac. One bridge pickup with a piezo bridge system. But no sustainiac. :(
Dude, that sounds unreal!!! I love it ill be checking that guitar out for sure!!!
I love watching you grow as a musician.
I have one on my Schecter and I love it. With a reverb on 100% wet, it's the perfect tool to speak to whales!
A great tool to layer some notes cheating ambient chords with reverb and delay. Enjoy!
Dolphans will work too 😆😊
I like to use mine with a whammy wah.
I have to say I love my blue Keith Merrow Guitar with the Sustainiac. When I tested, I bought it immediately. What’s funny is that I didn’t know who Keith was? That red guitar just looks awesome.
It sounds very nice on a clean sound, I would probably use that.
THIS IS AWESOME, I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW
Very nice melody... ...and this sustainiac pickup of course is a great piece of gear.
A Full cover of A change of seasons would be EPIC!
The sounds coming out of those pickups are unbelievable. What a trip!
Very interesting Ola. have an E-bow and I think it is great. After using it I realized that they are used on a LOT of recordings. I’ve only seen one used live once, The National, not a band you’ll. hear discussed on this channel. Lol . An Ebow has a fairly steep learning curve to get notes to start cleanly on cue and or activate the string you want without making unwanted noises. This seems a lot more controllable and forgiving also a huge plus is that it’s activating all the strings not just one. Thanks for the great video
Sounds great. Thank you
Man, on the clean, it's magnificent !
And thoses Diablo vibes 😍
yeah, really sounds like the diablo soundtrack
I use the Fernandes Sustainer - very similar to the Sustainiac, same type of settings - on my old BC Rich Ironbird, together with an old EMG 81 in the bridge. Works great!
I played both. The fernandes looks better and less obvious.
@@nafis6668 But it's not as good quality as the sustainiac(the originators).
@@youvsyou945 sustainiac sustains way stronger. I can sustain low notes so loudly, almost causing fret rattle.
Very nice demonstration.
I think I need one of these. I love it!!
I love the sustaniac. I have it in a Schecter C1 and it is AMAZING to annoy people. If u wanted to try something, I love the clean tones of the sustaniac pickup itself (the single coil) It is honestly amazing.
That 7 String looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously! That color is so nice!
@@nikok8329 and the matte sheen to it. Fuck…. Just fuck!!!
Holy Cow! you play the Diablo BGM Sh*t very perfectly (and also the reverb setting's matter!), its make a goosebump and chill at the same time! you should add that kind of ambient sh*t with Feared or your Solo Ola! you explain the sustainiac very clearly! love the neck pickup's tone when its off!
Some of your sweetest playing!
Those are great guitars!
I suspect that sustainiac is the way of the guitar’s future, especially with those different settings. With those I believe guitar is in position to better compete with electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Guitars might enjoy a new resurgence.
Way to go man!
That reminds a pedal called Freqout from Digitech. I love it!
Yeah I have the Freqout fucking incredible pedal .
@@metadata5638 I have it too! It’s great! What an amazing idea! controlling harmonic feedbacks haha 🤘
Bad ass!! Solar Just leveled up again
Hi! This is the first video I've seen on your channel ... what a gorgeous solo at the beginning!!
The other fun thing is that it even works without plugging into your amp. Just plug something into the guitar, which connects the battery to the Sustainiac system, then you can get all of the sustain and feedback effects while playing acoustically!
next day you find out you forgot it on and the battery is dead
@@BaselKhaddam true that, I have a sustainiac and an active pickup in my schecter so I also bought shares in energizer. Lol
@@bronsonjohnson9019 With a bit of ingenuity and a stereo cable, you can power it from your pedalboard. 👍
@@SumoRabbitOfDoom but my energizer dividends! Lol
@@bronsonjohnson9019 🤣🤣🤣
I fell in love with the Sustainiac after I got a Jackson DK2S dirt cheap as a teenager. I think I paid $350 for it! I traded it in toward my Tele, which I don't regret, but I do miss just how fun that guitar was! if only they weren't going for like $900+ now.
I still playing that DK2S , now it is more than 12 years old. Upgraded to stainless Steel jescar frets and gotoh Bridge.
Yes it's a dirt cheap Japanese made Jackson and comes with proper hardcase!
I doubt we will be able to get such value nowadays.
Schecter ;).
This is one of the coolest things I've seen and I've seen a lot.
You the man like your demos of this fine sounding wild beasts pickup just love that animal
Sustainiacs are good for what they are designed for, but there is a trade off. The humbucker neck position basically operates as a single coil when the Sustainiac is not engaged and there is a severe drop in volume when playing clean. If all you play is metal on that guitar, then it works great.
Who puts or buys a sustaniac kit or a guitar with sustainiac to play some fender clean nonsense 😂 ayyyy lmao
A single coil in the neck is usual optimal bro.
There should be a tiny circuit board in the tone knob compartment on the back of a sustainiac equipped guitar that has 3 tiny knobs on it for adjusting the volume, and strength of the sustainiac and overall volume in single coil mode.
They can be way louder than you expect.
It did sounded like Synyster Gates lead, I checked his guitar and it also has Sustaniac! I think it's great pickups.
I think on nightmare he uses a sustainiac at the end to get this awesome pinch harmonic sound when he dives at the end of the solo. At least that’s how it sounds to my ear haha
Very Vai-esk Demo in the beginning! Awesome!
The intro is a beautiful composition
great video as always Ola lmao im like thatd be perfect for diablo theme then u played it. could i suggest ever releasing guitars with different fret inlays? The guitars look sick but I cannot be alone in the not being too wild about the over the top 12th inlay - maybe one with just dots or side dots or nothing?
You know, i’d really like to try this pickup in a left handed Solar, so maybe its a good idea to release a leftie with this pickup soon? :)
How about Germany hosts another holocaust but for left-handed people and every country in the world is in support of it. Shoulda learned to use your right hand, bozo! Here's your patch, now get on the train.
What a brilliant setup. That pick up is frickin' awesome Ola. I absolutely love your guitars. I love the clean tones and the high pitch setting too. Oh the possibilities...\m/. Brilliant man...😎👊
The sound man..🤘👏👏👏
I love these things, I started as a singer and my lead style really benefits from having the ability to sustain notes without worrying about it decaying whatsoever- one of the most musical and usable extras IMO
I'm interested in vocalist take on lead guitar playing. U know, most guitar players just play too many notes 😅
@@nafis6668 I agree haha
Been trying to get my hands on one of those for years but never seemed to find no dealer online.. the only way would be if i buy a schecter that comes with one :| Any tips on that Ola? do you know where i could by one?
What´s wrong with schecter
What's wrong with Solar guitars?
Some of the Ibanez Axion Label models have those
There isn't really a way to buy one direct unless you find one used somewhere...and even then...it's pretty tricky to wire one of these things. I would just buy a guitar with one already loaded. Sorry if you wanted Ola to answer you directly...just letting you know what I've come to find.
I remember being able to go to their site and them having an install service. I was looking into buying one of these just a year ago and did a ton of research on it. From what I gathered you can only get these in guitars made with it, or buy one directly from Sustainiac themselves.
There's also another brand called Fernendes that make a great sustainer as well. Steve Vai uses them so you know they're good lol. Honestly idk alot about the Fernandes models. Might be worth checking into though.
Easiest and cheapest option is just buy an ebow. Hopefully this helps a little.
SICK!!! Endless Ambient Possibilities 🔥
Beautiful tone
I think is EVERY guitarist will be having lot of fun with this "creature"... Or - somehow - never heard of it😜✨
Sustainer pickups have been around for over 30 years...
@@MickH60 I grow up and listen to Joe Satriani. I was a "little bit confused" after buying my first electric guitar... 😉
So - tons of delay, reverb and try to hide some of picking... 😅
Nice system, I still have an original american built Kramer sustainer. I think they were one of the first ones with a sustainer option, it works different though, the entire neck vibrates. Cool pickup though.
That's really nice on the clean tone.
Thank you for making this video! I got my first Sustainiac back in 2008 from the guy who makes them himself. I only have 1 electric guitar out of 10 that does not have one in it. I even have a white Sustainiac. So glad to see someone with a big reach talk about them as they have become a staple of our sound and playing. Thanks Ola!
Alan Hoover? Maniac Music? Nice guy.
@@tedmich yup! he's really cool, and I'm glad he's been getting support from Schecter and now Solar over all these years
I just saw this for the first time two weeks ago when I saw Steve Vai here in Boulder.. I couldn't quite figure it out, but this pickup is a game changer for sure..I'm going to look at Solar guitars right now. Thank you for a great demo. 😎🤘
So awesome man.
Love the sustainiac! I have a Schecter Apocalypse that has one in the neck position. It’s awesome to play with.
Love the video, I did one a year or so ago using my Schecter but yours is better. It did make me laugh though when you were explaining the 3 settings, which you corrected later. The best way to describe them is same note sustain, octave harmonic overtone sustain, double octave harmonic overtone sustain. Same as pinch harmonics at the half string or quarter string position.
Wow that is really great!
Omg what a cool and clean sounds I love it 😍
Amaizing Ola! Awesome with this new SOLAR
Dang! The sustain is so good! Also those finishes are nice! That orange reminds me of Misha Mansoor's custom Jacksons!
Dude thank you for the Diablo riff. Reminded me of the source of my love for dark clean riffs. Want a sustainiac so bad now
Damn good playing Ola
that opening jam was some of YOUR BEST PLAYING EVER !!!
I have sustainer systems on a few guitars and probably use it with clean sounds more than distorted love the videos Ola
Bro! When you were playing the 7 on clean it almost sounds like there’s a piano in the background holding the chords , extremely versatile! Beauty’s!
This sounds really cool
Awesome guitars, awesome idea.
I have played PRS for years, but I took the leap and pre-ordered your A1.6FRCAR Sustainiac! I am looking forward to the production shipments!!