jazzyvee

Very interesting Jazzyvee !  
       
               Who is the builder may I ask ?

I like that concept quite a lot.

Sorry but your guess would be better than mine I saw it when I was browsing a bass page on Facebook but it didn't name the builder.
 
Jazzyvee

It's made by Spalt.

Innovative!
Be fun to test ride it.

Of course, I look forward to the discussions in the Spalt Forum regarding which 'tonewood' is best for fabricating the little pickup arm for that 'FAT' sound, if it wouldn't sound better if it was hinged on the other side of the body, and 'if I put a Seymour Quarter-Pound Jazz in it instead of that Bart, will it void my warranty?'
 
J o e y

Will the quarter pound be long enough to reach all strings? This looks like a 6 (or more) string PU and its magnet is probably a bar instead of rods like regular jazz PUs...

Over the Top?
 
Look at this The Beast hybrid guitar/bass, can't say a thing on its look, but it is certainly bold.

Over the Top?
 
Look at this The Beast hybrid guitar/bass, can't say a thing on its look, but it is certainly bold.
 
http://www.spaltinstruments.com/instruments/custom-work-624-conventional/other/

There is something odd on building a top guitar to just look like a (s)crap one, but their totem instruments have a provocative and distinct look, no doubt about it. Very artistic, loved that danger/hazardous guitar
 
http://www.spaltinstruments.com/instruments/totem-resintops/2006/#

Ok , I checked out  The  Beast  LOL___
 
   SO what is a SUSTAINIAC ? (my spell check software does not like it  )LOL ,, Tell me tell me if you think you know.  Is it HIP ,,,,,,, may be even a HIP TRIP ?    A variation of a compressor?

Apparently, the Sustainiac is the pick-up with the bar pole pieces.  Blah blah, woof woof.....
 
Peter

I remember a Sustainiac ad on a Guitar Player mag flexi-disc like... 25 or 26 years ago Some sort of electromechanical device that read the note you' re playing and provided a vibration in equivalent frequency that made the string keep going... or something like that.
 
Back then it seemed hip.. maybe hipper than hip, but... what is hip?

My bandmate in Sizemo, Micah Ball, has a  Sustainiac that he so far only uses in our subterranean studio. Yes, it has a clamp that fits on the end of the headstock and it's connected by a cord to a floor unit. I admit I haven't checked it out up close because he's got so much stuff in his arsenal that between him and our madcap drummer I've got my own hands full.
 
I do know that when the thing is activated it interacts with vibrations emanating from the guitar and somehow amplifies/excites things so that you can have virtually infinite sustain. With all the other stuff he goes through the net result sounds alternately like a MOOG, a theremin, an Indian tampura drone and an electric banjo on steroids...if any of that makes any sense.
 
No, we've yet to record any music with that thing....