Pickup Driver?

[Curtin, Steven D (Steven)]

Hi Bob -

You're probably right, there's not enough magnet to do that.  One person who
has driven individual strings with magnets is Nicolas Collins, and he has
been building other projects with "backwards guitar" for a while.  This is
the idea that the pickup drives the strings instead of the other way around.
The one guitar of Collins' I saw that did this had big solenoid megnets
mounted above the strings rather than under them.

I have a two-pickup guitar I'd like to modify to do this with one of the
pickups- what kind of amp chip would people recommend to do this?  This is
also how the Fernandes and Sustainiac systems work, as well as the "Infinite
Guitar" circuit designed and used by Micheal Brook.

Steve C

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> From: 	Bob Gonsalves[SMTP:pinknoiz at pinknoiz.com]
> Sent: 	Friday, December 03, 1999 2:22 PM
> To: 	synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: 	Re: Cool Item ALERT (guitar oriented)
> 
> [re: Gvox guitar/computer interface]
> 
> >yes Guitar Center is in the USA, and the price is at local stores. They
> have
> >musiciansfriend.com who they are affiliated with, but the price is 
> >higher on the
> >net (like $99 - too high) You might try contacting them at 
> >guitarcenter.com and
> >talking them into selling you one...
> 
> 
> I picked up one of these too. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
> 
> I wonder if it would be possible to _drive_ the strings with this 
> thing. Probably not - it doesn't look like there's much metal  in the 
> pickup.
> 
> 
> Bob Gonsalves, Research Director, Pink Noise Studios
> Art*Technology*Politics  http://www.pinknoiz.com/
>