ARP Avatar pickup cable

[Harry Bissell]

I bought the Avatar pickup (now deceased) when the Avatar reached "given up for
dead" status... The pickup is extremely low output, and hum is a problem esp. with
hex fuzz.

Then I got a 360 systems "slavedriver" w/pickup... much better about 4X the output
of the Avatar... but still single coil. Built a hex fuzz based on 6 Big Muff PI
clone boards...
The hex fuzz was very smooth... not what I expected but very cool.

The Roland Pickup is about $200... too rich for me...  Roland is the patent holder
on hex humbuckers... YOU NEED ONE to make a guitar synth work... that's why they
are about the only one...

Except G-VOX who patented a "guitar to computer" interface... It is NOT a musical
instrument so it skirts the Roland patent.  The G-VOX is a about $100 for the
whole shebang... throw away everything else and keep the pickup... I got mine for
$50.

Hex fuzz will soon rise from the dead (back of my closet...)

:^) Harry

Dave wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  Interestingly, but I guess you know, the other end
> of the cable is fairly standard.  I found it at Radio Shack.  I guess the
> GK-2a idea is a good one as is the humbucking theory.  I'm more interested
> in the hex fuzz and filter than tracking though, but we'll see.  Thanks.
>
> dave moylan
>
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, harry bissell wrote:
>
> > I think the connector is made by LEMO. they should be on the web.
> >
> > I'd modify the cable to accept the Roland GK-2 pickup or the G-Vox pickup.
> > They are Humbucking... and the Avatar isn't. IMHO thats why the Avatar never
> > worked !!!
> >
> > :^) Been there, had that... couldn't make it work....  Harry
> >