sustain

[kneight]

i need sustain

[picture_of_nectar]

ts9+compressor

but pedals wont make a shitty axe sound better.

I'm not sure I understand the difference bettween an effect and a pedal? arn't pedals effects? or are you talking some kind of digital effects processor?

[Walker done done]

what he ^^^^ said.

And you could always go out & buy a hollowbody guitar.....I've got sustain that'll last a week if I want it to!

[Stiles12]

I dont use a hollow body guitar or a comp and I still get a lot of sustain... Make sure your amp is up, even if that means you have to lower it with a Tube box or Hot plate or any other variation of a Attenuator. this will make a huge difference in your sound and especially your sustain. Most very good guitar players max their amp out, that is how it is designed to be played, it isnt meant to be played at 4.

Comps will work, they are really annoying though especially through a long chain.

What are you using, what amps what "pedals/effects" what guitar? it will be much easier to help with this info

[raisingfreen]

I second Stiles opinion here,
Comps have their purpose, however turning up your amp and getting a good clean signal does a lot. I think sometimes sustain and feedback get confused as well. If you turn your amp up and play near your amp you can get a lot of sustain, is it actually sustain though? Obviously a hollow-body may appear to get more "sustain" as the guitar itself is a sound chamber. I imagine the various woods come into play as far as sustain as well. I love how in any ad you see for a used guitar the sellers frequently add "this guitar sustains for days". Really? That is some serious BS. I can get a feedback loop for quite a bit, so long as I can stand the frequencies it starts generate as well as the noise levels increasing. But again is this actually sustain? I bet good sustain could be measured with no amp hooked up to a guitar at all. Just play it unplugged and see how it vibrates/resonates as well as how long the notes last.

[cactuskeeb]

^^^Awesome theory that holds true in practice as well...
Go play a hollow-body with no center block unplugged and hear how it sings like an expensive acoustic with built in reverb effects from the 9th fret up.

EDIT: It has to be made of exotic hardwood(s) (e.g., cocobolo, spruce, koa, ...).

[HunSanity]

stiles thanks for the tip im gonna give it a try and turn my amps all the way up (and turn the screamers down)tonight and see what the diff sounds like.

my neighbor mister Wu is gonna be jamming to the coventry soundcheck scale practice tonight. HAHAHA