Fernandes Goldtop Custom (Sustainer/MIDI) vs Yamaha SBG2000 Double Cutaway Neck-Thru Electric Guitar
The Fernandes Goldtop Custom (Sustainer/MIDI) and the Yamaha SBG2000 Double Cutaway Neck-Thru Electric Guitar are both electric guitars sharing sustaining. The Fernandes Goldtop Custom (Sustainer/MIDI) leans ambient.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.36% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- sustaining
Fernandes Goldtop Custom (Sustainer/MIDI)
Fernandes · electric guitar
Yamaha SBG2000 Double Cutaway Neck-Thru Electric Guitar
Unknown brand · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Fernandes Goldtop Custom is Robert Fripp's main modern guitar, a custom Japanese-built solidbody fitted with a Fernandes Sustainer system, a MIDI pickup and a Kahler tremolo. The Sustainer delivers infinite, controllable sustain and feedback, central to Fripp's soundscapes and King Crimson textures. It pairs with his processing rig for ambient, progressive and experimental playing.
The Yamaha SBG2000 is the SG2000 under the name Yamaha used for export markets where the SG initials were already taken. Neck-through construction with a brass sustain block set beneath the bridge is the defining feature, adding mass that lengthens sustain and tightens the attack compared to a set-neck double cutaway.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Ambient
- Rock
- Metal
- ambient