Sustainiac® Dimarzio® Evolution Kit

Full Sustainiac kit including the renowned Dimarzio® EVOLUTION® humbucker!

As featured in Steve Vai's current Ibanez® guitars.

The Evolution® humbuckers are the result of two years of research to come up with the right sound for a very demanding player: Steve Vai and his Ibanez® Jems. Both pickups are designed for maximum impact and power. The bridge pickup is tight, aggressive and louder. These pickups have our patented dual-resonance configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers. Evolution® pickups are not polite-sounding, and they’re not for the inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution® pickups were originally designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and definition that they’re great recording pickups, too; they slice right through even the densest mix.

The Sustainiac Stealth PRO contains the following features:

SUSTAINIAC DRIVER: The Sustainiac driver replaces your neck pickup. 

SUSTAINIAC MAIN CIRCUIT BOARD: The Sustainiac circuit board can be installed into most electric guitar electronics cavities with little or no routing. Measures about 90mm x 40mm.

The Sustainiac in most configurations has an ON/OFF control switch and also a 3-position MODE control switch (standard, mix and harmonic modes).

We offer 3 types of Auxiliary control boards:

The Aux-TT board (most popular) is 1.8 in. (46mm) wide x 1.8 in. (30mm) tall. (Requires 1.35 in. (35mm) cavity depth). The two toggle switches are spaced 1.00 inches (25.4mm) apart.

The AUX-RG board is the smallest Sustainiac switch board, to be positioned horizontally, while other Aux boards are placed vertically. Measures 40mm by 25mm. About 1 inch of depth is needed inside the cavity.

The AUX-JS (Joe Satriani signature) has an ON/OFF push/pull pot control (tone pot) and also a HARMONIC MODE control. Measures 55m x 35mm.

Auxiliary boards are not required, you can use loose toggle switches, or push/pull pots for turning sustain On and Off, and to switch between standard and harmonic modes (no mix mode in this configuration).

Package includes:

• Dimarzio Evolution bridge humbucker
• Sustainiac driver
• Stealth Pro Board (for passive pickups)
• Sustainiac controls of your choice
• Ribbon Cables and connectors
• Battery connector
• Mounting screws and springs
• Stereo Input Jack
• Installation manual and wiring diagram

Battery compartment available separately

We offer Sustainiac® kits with different configurations, including white drivers and spare parts. Feel free to ask questions!