Thank you for this video! Really valuable exploration of the two systems!

Great vid, thanks! Exactly what I was looking for

Strat is interesting--picked up a Fernandes Retrorocket Elite (strat style) with the sustainer and two sets of SD Hot Rails, and also have a Vega Trem and Sperzel locking tuners on it. I used it in a show recently and have found it easy to use and worked well. Thanks for the vid.

Schecter are my favorite guitar's now had several of them they were always very fancy they are at the top of their game over there at the schecter factory...

I just bought myself the schecter, can’t wait to play with it

I have had both and kept the Fernandez Susatainer as it also was on a higher quality guitar (a Fernadez vs Ibanez) My Fernandez is a much higher quality of wood and has a real Floyd Rose. I like the variety of variations and also it gets better battery milage. I agree with "buy a guitar with the Sustainer" installed from the factory or a pro install. My batteries are always great for the 1st hour or so. If I was performing live. I would want new batteries as soon as possible. I also found that the Sustainer was not as useful as I thought for my Roland Synth tones as it does it all itself. Even Violin tones or B-3 Organ tones too. Mine has a blend and an octive 3 knob setup. Lots of options. Good information. Happy Holidays. Peace and Maximum Respect ~ Loo

Been on a journey with these things, had the Fender EOB, a couple of Fernandes Retrorocket Elites and a Fernandes Revolver Classic. The EOB wasn't the best, the back pickup just hasn't got enough beans to work with the driver, the Fernandes guitars are far superior particularly the Revolver Classic, it has a Duncan Coolrails in the middle and Duncan Distortion full size humbucker in the bridge, they sound superb on their own and the quackiest quack I have ever heard when used together, and don't get fooled by the name Duncan Distortion, it will do the clean stuff if required as well as the heavy crunch

very interesting channel. I plan to buy a Reverend guitar with Sustainiac pickup... ur comparison helped me . thx a lot

Your viseos are so good

With the level of technology of today, I still wonder why they haven't found a way to power these sustainers from an XLR cable providing 48volts DC from any console. It doesn't have to carry any sound, just the voltage is enough.

muting the strings you don't want to ring out is a common practise on an electric guitar. otherwise any sufficiently loud amp would turn your performance into mush.

Thanks for the depth of this video. I'm the thinking about incorporating a "sustainer" pickup into a lap steel. And so my question is, in your opinion which vibrates the strings overall more aggressively? I think from watching it's the sustainiac? I'd like to get to doing chord changes and slides without even picking the strings.. (that's my idea/goal)

I never knew Tony Soprano's mom played guitar

I just read up on those usb 9v batteries, and due to the electronics in them those might be a big contributor to your noise situation. Have you tried a regular 9v battery for comparison?

everypodcaster has to throw in the word "journey". even though it has no context to any meaning discussed.

Great vid, i already have the fernandes one, which one that you think have a better neck pickup tone? Mine seems dull and lifeless as a neck pickup

You played chords but they fed back so much and so quickly, were you using the harmonic mode?

thanks for the demo. I just got a Fernandes and they're great aside from the fact that when the Sustainer is off there is that much EM interference that the middle and neck pickup are unusable due to 20x the normal amount of hum with any sort of gain. So it seems it's bridge pickup only unless a very clean sound. Looking around the net it seems it's pretty common with these?

Where do you buy these Fernandez sustainers?