Hi. So i'm new to the forum, and found it after a recommendation for tutorials on sustainer circuits. The guy said it was extensive, but come on!
So anyway, i'm playing an Ibanez Blazer from 82, which has already been messed around with by the previous owner. The pick-up configuration is H-S-H, and along with the 5-way switch it has one switch to put the bridge pick-up into single coil/humbucker, and a second switch which links the neck pick-up to the bridge. (I believe this is called phase?)
I want to put a sustainer circuit into the guitar, but do not want to lose any pick-ups. Now this has probably been asked previously but there was no way I could search through all the thread, so i'll just ask straight up and apologise if it has been asked already.
Can i install my driver between the neck and middle pick-up, which would mean that i can sustain any of the three pick-ups in the guitar since it does not replace any of them?
So it would be Humbucker - Single Coil - Humbucker.
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Sustainer Driver
Would this mean that i could use the 5 way switch to choose any pick-up i want, and then use the seperate controls for the sustainer to sustain the note in any pick-up?
I've seen the pictures of the guitar with the driver mounted above the neck pick-up, but presumably that doesn't allow the neck pick-up to be sustained?
And finally, exactly what controls are involved?
An on/off switch, a phase switch to get harmonics. I know these two, but some seem to have extra pots controlling intensity, or something...
Thanks in advance, and i'm sorry that my post was so convoluted!
