![]() Given two guitar bodies of the same design but one with a bolt on neck and the other with a set neck, the set neck will have a longer period of decay. Therefore, sustain on a guitar string is literally impossible without some sort of electronic enhancement.īefore I suggest any of a number of ways to create sustain, let's examine the contributing factors that allow some guitars (electric or non-electric) to appear to take longer to decay (appear to sustain longer).īolt on neck vs. Neal Schon, Steve Vai, and The Edge are also Fernandes Sustainer endorsers.įirst off we should understand that the nature of a plucked string is to decay exponentially. However, you will need to route out the body to make room for the extra components and batteries that the Sustainer system requires. You can buy a relatively inexpensive Fernandes guitar with a Sustainer already installed, or you can purchase a Sustainer kit and have it retrofitted to an existing guitar. Check the link for demo videos and recordings from Moog. It is much more sophisticated in its ability to create clean sustaining sounds than either the EBow or the Fernandes Sustainer. Again, it has a tremolo bridge and not a hard-tail bridge.įour years ago an entirely new system came on the market: the Moog Guitar. Similarly, Adrian Belew's signature Parker guitar uses a Sustainiac, a variant on the Fernandes Sustainer. The guitars he performs with today all have a Fernandes Sustainer. Here is a link to Steve Hackett's own description of his guitar collection. Here is a link to Robert Fripp's signature model of guitar, from his luthier, Crimson Guitars. Furthermore their guitars have Floyd Rose-type tremolo bridges and not a hard-tail bridge. Today, both Hackett and Fripp will only perform with electric guitars with a Fernandes Sustainer installed. As long as you hold a note or chord, it never dies out or decays (as long as the batteries are working). It can be used to create completely clean "infinite sustain" sounds, including chords, that are very different in character than what you get with a compressor pedal or with distortion or amp feedback. It sits in a pickup cavity on the guitar, but it is a device that creates an alternating magnetic field that causes the strings to vibrate continuously as if it were being bowed by a violin bow. The Fernandes Sustainer is not really a pickup at all. Later on they used the Fernandes Sustainer installed in their guitars. To get the sounds you described, early in their careers, Steve Hacket used the hand-held electro-magnetic bowing device called the EBow. You are asking about an unusual effect that requires special equipment. I have interviewed them for articles I published in guitar magazines. For example, (/scootacheer).I know both Steve Hackett and Robert Fripp. To use an emoticon, enter (/xyz) x for the letter at the top-left cell of a chart, y for the column and z for the row of the emoticon. Like reading and participating in roleplays? Check out /r/roleplayponies! See our emotes in your inbox and all the rest of reddit with MLE. Click here for more info on NPT.Ĭheck out our subreddit Wiki! It's loaded with useful information about the subreddit and more!Ĭheck out the latest posts on the newest submissions page. Images are not allowed to be posted on Thursdays (No Pics Thursday). In addition, recent reposts are subject to removal.ĥ. Editing a title or pasting a vector into a submission that already exists is not allowed. ![]() Off-topic discussion with other fans should go to the MLPLounge.Ĥ. No submissions unless you are creating original content. You should be able to tell it's related without reading the title. Keep submissions and comments SFW, as well as out of excessively risqué territory.ģ. Be pony-like! Please read our MLP Reddiquette Guidelines.Ģ. Go here for links to watch all available Equestria Girls content!Ĭlick here to view bonus Pony Shorts and other official specials!ġ. ![]() Watch full Friendship is Magic episodes here!
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