Hagstrom Infinite Sustain Guitar

[dymondgeezer2003]

thats a lovely soundd

[lamarschiavo]

does anyone know what the note at the end of a rock song isnt it called a sustain if not let me know

[mirrorrecords]

@lamarschiavo

It's called what ever you want to call it. It's rock 'n roll baby

[stansgarage]

Beautiful

[kichansilva]

WOW!!

that was amazing...

[mirrorrecords]

Thanks!

[Chupa9]

absolutely incredible!!

what a wonderful and powerful piece of

music.

[mirrorrecords]

Thanks!

[pouidg]

What do you use to have an infinite sustain ?

It sounds great !

[angryparrot]

If it's what an "Infinite Guitar" is, and he isn't using some external resonator, it has to do with how the pickups are wired/what types of pickups are used. One p/u gets the original signal and outputs it, and the signal is also amp'd by the guitar and sent to another pickup that causes the strings to continue resonating on the original frequency.

[mirrorrecords]

There's only one pickup -- in the neck position. The bridge pickup was replaced by a driver array. I wound the coils myself and epoxy'd the lot into a humbucker shell. The pole pieces of the coils are threaded and can be adjusted up or down to increase or decrease sensitivity on each string. The coils are fed by a series of op-amps which receive their signal from the pickup. The resulting sustain is purely mechanical. I also have an MXR distortion plus in the signal chain.

[brownbigb]

@mirrorrecords the op amp amplifies the frequency generated by the string and the driver is basically a backwards pickup that resonates at that same frequency?

[mirrorrecords]

@brownbigb yes

[mirrorrecords]

It's home made. Based on the Holland patent. I was a friend of Mr. Holland and field tested the device. He and I built one together and I later acquired a second earlier (but more sophisticated) version mounted in a 59 Strat, The hagstom in the video is a monophonic system. The strat is hexophonic meaning that each string gets its own driver. You can hear the Strat on No Age Music Track: Vibrancy.

[harriter88]

GUITAR!Sounds great John left a message for you tonight Peace & Love Terry

[LesPaulSmacker]

This is fucking cool, Change the tags on the video, so U can get more views. 5/5 STARS