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Scott Swartz


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St. Louis, MO
Post  Posted 21 Jan 2023 12:28 pm    
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xyVaa1RDB0




Here are some other audio demos of the EM Drive in use:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugixnca5uhsmf6w/EM%20Drive%20Demo.wav?dl=0

https://on.soundcloud.com/5U3z6

https://on.soundcloud.com/8XpcZ

https://on.soundcloud.com/naeCY

See also my new product announcement here

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=3132385#3132385
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Dennis Montgomery


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Western Washington
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2023 10:38 am    
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Hey Scott,

This device is very interesting. I have a Sustainiac pickup on my six string Schechter Apocalypse and I find that in actual practice it will only sustain one string at a time. Chords don't work as the pickup appears to zero in on the single strongest string, focus all the energy on that one and ignore the others.

I play a lot of 4 voice chords and am wondering how well your device works with 2 to 4 note chords?

Thanks,
Dennis
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Scott Swartz


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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2023 10:55 am    
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With 2 or more note chords depending on where you are on the neck and how even the chord is originally struck and how much energy you feed back one voice can start to overpower the others, but it takes a long time. So I would say in general its controllable and workable with chords once you get the feel of it, but its not perfectly even like pressing and holding 3 keys on an organ.

The middle section of the video demo (I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You) is a two string melody, and in a couple places on the non video samples you can hear me using it with 2 or 3 note chords. In the live 1 Angel From Montgomery chorus I am playing full chords and then using it to sustain them and give them a moaning quality. In particular on the live 2 audio sample I switch between a single note line and then play some very long third intervals with a lot of vibrato and then back to single notes. These are a couple possibilities of how to use it, its there if you drop the volume pedal otherwise you can play completely normally.
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Dennis Montgomery


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Post  Posted 29 Jan 2023 11:35 am    
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Thanks for the info Winking
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhh6b_xXTx4&list=PLfXm8aXRTFz0x-Sxso0NWw493qAouK

Hear my album, "Armistice" featuring Fender 400 on every song:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfXm8aXRTFz2Pz_GXhvmjne7lPEtsplyW

Hear my Pedal Steel Only playlist featuring Mullen G2 SD12 on covers like Candyman, Wild Horses, Across the Universe & more...
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