OTHER SUSTAINIAC WEBSITE PAGE LINKS: The overall site map is at the very bottom of each page, including our email address, phone number, shipping address etc.

ORGANIZING YOUR ORDER

Use the information on this page to plan and organize your order. When you visit our ORDER FORM PAGE, it is less confusing if you understand all the details that you need before you go there. Model C info is on the MODEL C ORGANIZATION page. For Stealth PRO, there are several guitar details that you must give to us so that your hookup diagram matches your guitar. The following outline will help you to organize everything you need. You can click on a printable PDF version of this Organization Outline, so you can write down all the necessary info on your order form. First, make sure you have read the INSTALLATION, CONTROLS, and POWER OPTIONS pages if you are ordering the Stealth PRO.

Sustainiac Stealth PROKit ($229) includes:

DRIVER (transducer); Replaces your neck pickup :
Choose driver size:
• Humbucker size
• Single-coil size
  Mounting type for SC driver
  • Threaded for pickguard mounting
  • Unthreaded for woodscrew mounting into pickup cavity

Choose driver color:

• Black
• White

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT:
• The circuit board measures 3.75 x 1.1 in, 1/1 in. thick (95mm x 28mm x 12.5mm). It takes the bridge pickup signal, amplifies/processes it, and sends the amplified/processed signal to the Sustainiac driver.
• When the Sustainiac is OFF, the Sustainiac driver is used as an active pickup. The sustainer circuit now amplifies the tiny driver pickup signal to a useable level. Pickup equalization is is done on the circuit board. Two wires are provided to allow switching between single-coil (SC) and humbucker (HB) sound.

CONTROLS : (ON/OFF and HARMONIC MODE)

Choose one ON/OFF control type:
• Push-pull (standard control for our kit)
• Toggle switch (optional, no extra cost)

Choose one HARMONIC MODE control type:

• Push-pull (standard control for our kit)
• Toggle switch (optional, no extra cost)

Wild and crazy option:

• Superswitch or rotary switch for Sustainiac control

BATTERY/POWER OPTIONS: See POWER OPTIONS page for details.

• 9-volt battery snap (supplied with the kit)
• Deluxe battery case (optional, $16 for single, $25 for dual, requires routing)
• Wall-power supply. This is a regulated 9-volt supply. ($25, requires installation of a new power jack)

Guitar information: Each one of the installation drawings in our rather large library is based on the following specific information about pickup configuration, guitar controls (pickup selector, volume/tone controls), and output jack type. Without complete and accurate information, we cannot possible send you the proper kit of parts. You will likely have to examine the inside of your guitar's electronics cavity.

What is the make and model of your guitar?

What type output jack does your guitar have?
The kit includes a stereo output jack for battery connection/disconnection. Replaces your mono jack.

Guitar jack options See Installation page for explanation.
• Open style
• Barrel style
• 9-pin "switched" style (necessary for guitars with active pickups)

What type pickup selector does your guitar have? Each drawing is based on the pickup switch type. Please know what you have before you order.

Pickup selector options
• 3-position toggle (for most 2HB guitars, Les Paul etc.)
• 3-position lever (Tele-style and some other 2-pickup guitars)
• 5-position lever (Strats, most other 3-pickup guitars, "shredders" etc.) There are 4 main styles:
  • "CRL" switch. Has 8 contacts, 4 on each side of the wafer. This is the switch that Fender has used for decades. Simple, reliable, good "feel". Open construction so you can observe what is happening.
  • "Inline": Has 8 contacts that are in a straight line (These switches are usually enclosed in plastic, and in our experience are generally inferior. Wimpy "feel". Consider replacing this type with the "CRL" switch that will last the life of most guitars. ($12.00)
  • "Superswitch": Has 24 contacts, 12 contacts in a line on each of 2 sections. Has open construction so that you can see the inner workings of the switch. It is often used with coil-tapping schemes of the bridge and neck pickups, to create Strat "quack" sounds. See picture and more info on the Controls Page.
  • "VLX-91" switch used in many Ibanez guitars. Has 24 contacts, similar to Superswitch. 2 wafers, 6 contacts on each side of each wafer. See picture and more info on the Controls Page.
• Individual toggles for each pickup (some "shredders" and custom guitars).
• Some other arrangement. We need a detailed explanation, or we can't provide a useful drawing.