Hi Everyone,
I've been reading through most (but not all) of this thread and thought it time I introduced myself.
I started teaching myself guitar for a few months ago and own a budget strat. Electronics has been a hobby of mine for about 15 years and is now my job. As such I've already rewired my strat and built a headphone amp. I've been considering all sorts of guitar mods and I've now caught the sustainer bug.
I had a little go at building one last night without success. I've tried to roughly follow the formula for the driver (0.236mm wire, just under 8 ohms, 4mm x 4mm x 65mm plain steel core). The finished driver is about 5mm x 15mm x 83mm. I've got a few ideas of what might be wrong but haven't had a chance to try them yet. I'll update you on any progress.
Here's a pictire of the driver:
Before you say - it is potted - just not the last few turns. I was using epoxy and the batch had set by the time I was finishing. This is on the list for debugging.
The ends are made from 0.5mm aluminium sheet by the way. There aren't any magnets on it - I'm trying to use the field from the neck pickup (a single coil with staggered pole pieces).
I'm using a different pre amp and power amp, but I'm pretty confident of these. My electronics knowledge is pretty good - if only my playing could match it.
Ross
