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I'm not convinced the magic is the preamp inside the EMG 81, so much as the potting which makes the EMG select have very little movement. I believe that an LM386 preamp might work to drive it. I'll be trying that tomorrow, and will post results. If it is not the driver, than I will be exploring the specific outputs of the EMG 81, and with some accuracy I will be able to predict what it in fact takes to power a pickup used as a driver. Feel free to mention any other steps in methodology I could take.

I'd love to post some sound, just need to grab a paTCH CABLE FROM THE SHOP. tHIS WAS ONE OF THOSE Eureka! moments, I literally held the connections in the back cavity together with one hand and noodled out some hammer and scales and was amazed by the resulting sounds, and vibrations, I mean your guitar shakes like your being blasted by a half stack. In regards to hexagonal pickups, I think the potential for amazing defined harmonics are out there. I believe that the moog guitar of recent fame is taking this technology for a jog. I believe that they are using the pickups as drivers, and they are able to mute notes with the same drivers.

Ok, first, there is no amp involved with the sustain, it is powered by the preamp built into the EMG. There is no external amplifier involved with the sustain effect itself, just the preamp inside the pickup powered by the 9 volt battery. p.s. I should mention that the pot is grounded through the stereo line out.

Cool...let's see it (ps, I hope it isn't the ansil sustainer mod again )

I have found a wiring system that allows for infinite sustain using an active and passive pickup. This system causes little undesirable feedback, and actually drives the strings to vibrate more intensly than they did when originally plucked. If you hold a note, several harmonic frequencies become audible. I will post a wiring diagram later today if anyone is interested. It's incredibly simple, any novice with the ability to install their own pickups and sauder can try this one.