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well thats not gonna help much now is it? lol

not gunna lie, u guys are just trolling against eachother. mind taking this to the private messages?

so does this mean that as long as the coil has 8 ohm resistance and the preamp can power a speaker i can make a sustainer? the coil doesnt have to be in a small space?

i know how to basically ohm everything correctly, except pickups and coils. using the ohm meter is easy. When ever i ohmed out the coil it read unconsistent results, which made me think i was doing something wrong. Im about to try this out using a preamp i already have. if i t works ill be sure to post it.

As has been discussed as of late, IMHO that IC is not a great choice, but hey, you gots to use, what you gots to use I guess. Would it be possible to just use another IC without changing the design of the circuit board or any other parts? this would be great because it would not only be less work, but I wouldnt have to design a new pcb as well.

ok thanks that really helped. I will use that instead. Next thing i need to know is when i wind the driver, i take the beginning of the coil and leave that out a little to use as ground, and then wind it the number of times, glueing it as nessesary, and the taking the last bit and use it as the positive? or am i completely wrong? i am clueless

also i am using the f/r as a "preamp" if thats what you want to call it. it uses the 386

thank you for the lengthy response, it has helped me expand my knowledge on the subject greatly. but what i need to know is that are the two leads that you ohm. all i know is you wind the wire around the bobbin atleast a hundred times until you reach 8 ohms. I do not know how to ohm, and what i am supposed to do to wind the coil.

so if i understand correctly, i must make it so when the sustainer is activated, the neck pickup is removed from the circuit and the driver's input source is the bridge pickup? and for harmonic mode, switch the positive and negative from the board to the coil? also i still need help with the actual coiling of the driver. again, all input is appreciated

Thank you all for your replies. And sorry for the incredibly long signature, forgot to read the rules. So if i made it that when the sustainer was activated, the only signal that was connected was the bridge, would there be any problems? Also i need help with winding the coil and how to ohm it out. All help is apreciated.

Hello everyone. Today I would like to talk about using a Humbucker to create a sustainer. The way i see it, you can use the 2 coils of the humbucker as a single coil pickup and a driver. I don't see the other pickup interfering with the driver because it would be wired to when the driver was activated, the signal would be taken directly from the bridge pickup, regardless of the position of the pickup selector. Any advice or input? All is appreciated.