2 Sustainors in series.

Honda_boy · Post by **Honda_boy** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:52 am

By the way, I have another 200 sustainor that is making a low hum and made a hot/melted spot on the case where the transformer is, so I replaced the transformer, only to find it doing the same thing, and the transformer getter hot again. Does anyone know what could be causing the problem?
Thanks,
Honda_boy

iZheil9152 · Post by **iZheil9152** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:04 am

Dale wrote:I have never been able to get a clean chanel volume to match the edge or distortion volume level. It is always too low

Same. That's where a midi EQ comes in handy.

I'll make my own thread about how I just rewired my setup later. I spent all weekend rearranging the parts of my rig and the outcome was cool.

Post by **rbc** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:52 am

Honda_boy wrote:By the way, I have another 200 sustainor that is making a low hum and made a hot/melted spot on the case where the transformer is, so I replaced the transformer, only to find it doing the same thing, and the transformer getter hot again. Does anyone know what could be causing the problem?
Thanks,
Honda_boy

It sounds like something shorted downstream of the transformer. That would pull more current through the power supply. Safety first, unplug the Sustainor from the power outlet. Look at both sides of the board for anything metallic, that looks like it might be shorting between foil runs, connectors or the case. Also look for discolored components. It might indicate a component failure.

As a wild guess, look at the rectifier circuit. It's "high current", relatively speaking and a better candidate for failure than other things down stream. Having a failing component in the rectifier could cause a power supply ripple and make for a nice hum.

iZheil9152 · Post by **iZheil9152** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:55 am

This is how I rewired my setup this weekend. I can get any sound imaginable now with 12 tones (from a quadmod sus and stock) and 4 MIDI EQ's

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/11o5 ... sp=sharing

GuitarBuilder · Post by **GuitarBuilder** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:08 am

Nice!

Have you tried 2 sustainors in parallel? Even more combinations!

Honda_boy · Post by **Honda_boy** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:54 am

I did find a little diode thing that looked as though it had shorted out be touching the side of the case, I can only assume that's what happened.

Honda_boy · Post by **Honda_boy** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:56 am

Do you use an eq before you hit the compressor, then put another in the loop? I bought 2 TC Electronic 1140 for mine, works a treat, sounds heaps better than the rockman ones, I assume they need a good refurb

Honda_boy · Post by **Honda_boy** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:02 am

Also, what pedals do you run before your modules?

RockmanCentralBob · Post by **RockmanCentralBob** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:07 pm

Tom just uses Clean 1 and Edge, and he plays the whole show that way.

Not sure why you would need more than that???

iZheil9152 · Post by **iZheil9152** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:12 pm

RockmanCentralBob wrote:Tom just uses Clean 1 and Edge, and he plays the whole show that way.

Not sure why you would need more than that???

Well... Tom's sustainor is special and the edge+autoclean setting probably doesn't sound like crap like mine does

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