Tips For Increasing Sustain? |
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Tips For Increasing Sustain? |
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Sep 13 2009, 05:35 AM |
Good pickup, enough drive and strong vibrato. That's the key for sustain
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Sep 13 2009, 01:49 PM |
I have the floyd locked out with a Tremel-no, so that should actually help the sustain Like Zakk says the FR is a tone killer. You'd want the sustain to come from the wood, between the wood and your pick there are numerous items that could cause the strings to die. Good wood and direct contact with the strings would be my recepie. My LP sustains well, but oddly enough my Charvel with a FR sustains even better. I can't help wondering how well it'd sustain if it was string through. Try playing your electric unplugged that'll tell about how good the tone is. If you strum a chord and feel the wood or even better (but looks silly) Put your ear tight to the body to listen, you'll hear how long it sustains. Knocking on it will also tell something, if you for some reason don't have strings or if it's just a plank. So what can be done? Not so much I'd say unless you put a sustainiac on. Exchanging some of the hardware could help. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Sep 13 2009, 02:24 PM |
... The Noise Gate and Compression settings come to mind at first. ... As Bondy and Uncleskillet have already said the noise gate can kill sustain. The compressor can however often be set to give virtually infinite sustain. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 13 2009, 03:18 PM |
You could always try:-
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Sep 13 2009, 03:55 PM |
Is this the first time you encountered the problem? Was there any issues before with the sustain?
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Sep 13 2009, 04:07 PM |
I know you probably aren't in the market for a compressor/sustainer, but the coolest one I've ever seen is the pigtronix philosopher's tone. Expensive, but for pedal enthusiasts, worth it! Check it out here!
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Sep 13 2009, 04:31 PM |
As already stated, I'd say high gain & a compressor help sustain a lot
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Sep 13 2009, 07:49 PM |
Here you go
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Sep 13 2009, 07:58 PM |
Thanks for the help guys! For those that mentioned...I would LOVE to try out your patches for the Toneport! This does seem to be a faily new problem, so maybe it is with my setup. I did very recently have it setup by a pro, and love how it plays. There isn't any buzzing at all, but the sustain just isn't there. I am playing the lesson "Mixing the Mixolydian" and in the beginning, the last note on the first video section, the note is completely dead by the time I start the first note on the second video. I tested my battery, and it showed that it was good. I have thought about selling this one and getting a hardtail Prestige instead of constantly battling the Floyd which I NEVER use anyway. Here is a patch I worked on a few weeks ago. I used it for the Feelings Inc Collaboration. I needed a lot of sustain because the backing track was very open. Maybe it will help you or at least get you started. 80s_Lead__Plexi_100_.l6t ( 2.08K ) Number of downloads: 112 -------------------- "Think of a guitar solo as a paragraph. You need a clear beginning, a middle, and an end. Look at musical phrases like sentences, and make sure you break them up using punctuation—or space. You pause naturally when conversing, right? If you don't, you'll bore the listener. The same thing will happen with your audience if your solo is one dimensional. You'll wear them out and lose their attention." —Tom Principato
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