Welcome to Fernandes Guitar Sustainer Review

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Modifying guitars is my passion and I have been doing it for more than 17 years. I will share with you the experience I have with this system.

Table of Contents

• What is a Fernandes Sustainer?
• What is the Difference between the FSK-101 and Fsk-401
• My Project Guitar
• Conclusion

What is a Fernandes Sustainer?

It is a system that will create vibrations on the guitar strings physically using electromagnets on the sustainer driver.

The vibrations can be used to create an infinite sustained note on the guitar that will continue until it is stopped.  It has two models, the FSK-101 and the FSK-401.

What is the difference between the FSK-101 and the FSK-401?

FSK-101

• The FSK-101 has a humbucker pickup/sustainer driver installed on the bridge position.
• This model is cheaper than the other model.
• You cannot install your favorite pickup in the bridge position.

FSK-401

• The FSK-401 has a single coil sized pickup/sustainer driver and installed in the neck position.
• It has a humbucker pickup that comes with the package.
• You can opt to install your favorite pickup in the bridge position instead of the supplied pickup.
• You can install a single coil sized pickup in the neck position beside the sustainer driver.
• Favorite among celebrities like Steve Vai, Neil Schon.
• More costly than the other model.

My Project Guitar

I have installed a Fernandes Sustainer FSK- 401 on my Ibanez Jem. This kit is the model that comes with the single coil Sustainer Driver.

The package includes:

• Single Coil Sized Sustainer Driver
• Sustainer Circuit Board
• Optional High Output Humbucker
• Easy Access Battery Box
• 1 Volume Pot – 1 Tone Pot – 1 Sustainer Intensity Pot
• Five-way Pickup Selector Switch – 1 Stereo Jack
• 9 Volt Battery

The installation process is a little tricky as I want it to be sharing a battery with my Graph Tech Ghost Saddles preamp. I love this upgrade as it will give your solos more expression.

Now I can cover songs by The Edge of U2, among the rest. This upgrade brings out a character to the guitar. The sustain is impressive as it will continue as long as you have batteries.

The sustainer circuit board comes with two micro switches. One for power and one for the modes. It has three selections, natural, harmonic and mixed-mode.

The indefinite sustain comes from the sustainer driver vibrating the strings physically, and as long as you have battery power, it is available.

You can even feel the vibrations on your fingers. These upgrades are expensive, though, but I think it is worth it.
If you like tremolo squeals, this is what you need.

I did not install the humbucker pickup that comes with the package, as the Jem got the latest DiMarzio Gravity Storm on it and it is a much more desirable pickup.

I did not follow Fernandes’s recommendation that I should have a Single coil pickup alongside the sustainer driver. I cannot part with my DiMarzio LiquiFire on the neck position.

So there you go I got a humbucker in the neck position beside the Sustainer Driver.

Conclusion

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