10-03-2012, 10:35 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
Sustain.. good or bad?
ive been playing for a few years now.. and ive got 2 guitars.. ibanez and les paul.. and recently the ibanez has lost some sustain.. do you think sustain is all that important and needs to be fixed?
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 10:46 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
|
sustain can be controlled, if you have sustain, you can decide if you sustain the notes or not... if you dont, then youre pretty much screwed...
AND a Les Paul should have more sustain than your Ibanez. sustain is a must! |
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 11:14 PM
|
#3 |
|
Please, call me Pig.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: USA
|
Old strings on the Ibanez?
Also, try lowering the neck pickup if it's close to the strings. |
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 11:37 PM
|
#4 |
|
UG's UGer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hermitage, PA
|
If you want sustain then sustain is important. If you do not want sustain, the sustain is not important.
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 11:43 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
i lowered the pick ups and it only made the sustain worse :/ plus its a brand new set of strings.. :/
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2012, 11:50 PM
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
|
maybe the les paul needs a setup, how long has it been since its last setup?
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 12:01 AM
|
#7 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
within the last 2 wks :/
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 12:02 AM
|
#8 | |
|
Please, call me Pig.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: USA
|
Quote:
That's pretty hard to believe. |
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 12:51 AM
|
#9 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
yeh ive got no clue..
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 12:55 AM
|
#10 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
what length of sustain do you guys go for?
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 01:06 AM
|
#11 |
|
rickcramey
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
|
sustain is generally set up at your amp or if running a loop at the pedal, most guitar only have volume and tone knobs, but its how long the note or notes resonate without being played again. It is good if you are doing this appropriately.
__________________
Home |
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 01:09 AM
|
#12 | |
|
UG's UGer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hermitage, PA
|
Quote:
What? Sustain has so much more to do with your guitar than your amp... |
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 01:53 AM
|
#13 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
|
Do you like the way it sounds? Then don't change it! If you don't, then do. Also I can't imagine how a guitar can just "lose" sustain.
__________________
Danelectro Longhorn guitar build: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...d.php?t=1564392 |
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 02:25 AM
|
#14 | |
|
Talks to empty chairs
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In a desert, next to a chair
|
Sustain....BAD!!!! Fire.....GOOOD!!!
Seriously though, unless shit is fretting out or buzzing horribly its all preference. My strat doesn't have a ton of sustain, but I've never found that to bother me.
__________________
I don't give a shit if you listen to me or not. Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 02:36 PM
|
#15 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
|
Very important to me man. I'd get a new nut or bridge.
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 02:47 PM
|
#16 |
|
. . . ∆ . . .
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: On an Island
|
Pup and amp setting are more important than guitar or body type. New strings obviously better. Even clean I can get very long sustain, with gain I can hold it as long as I want pretty much with a bit of vibrato. I have a prestige with evos, both the neck and B pup sustain great.
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 08:33 PM
|
#17 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
|
thanks everyone
 |
|
|
|
 |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | Rate This Thread | |
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:45 AM.