What is better to sustain longer guitar notes
# 1
all these topics you're posting should be in the tone and effects thread... NOT the open discussion thread..........
i don't think there is such thing as a 'sustainer pedal' per se. a compressor would work well to add length in your notes. using a hard bodied guitar helps... guitars made of dense woods like mahogany... a fernandes sustainer works well... it uses a magnetic pulse to keep the strings vibrating... there are a lot of things you can do to help sustain. a loop pedal wouldn't do anything for your sustain at all..... unless you looped a short section of a note that you were holding then stopped it while it was still ringing... then played it back. but it wouldn't be seemless... a loop pedal is more or less for looping whole note phrases or simple chord progressions and such.... not for sustain.
i don't think there is such thing as a 'sustainer pedal' per se. a compressor would work well to add length in your notes. using a hard bodied guitar helps... guitars made of dense woods like mahogany... a fernandes sustainer works well... it uses a magnetic pulse to keep the strings vibrating... there are a lot of things you can do to help sustain. a loop pedal wouldn't do anything for your sustain at all..... unless you looped a short section of a note that you were holding then stopped it while it was still ringing... then played it back. but it wouldn't be seemless... a loop pedal is more or less for looping whole note phrases or simple chord progressions and such.... not for sustain.
# 2
Originally Posted by: aschlemanall these topics you're posting should be in the tone and effects thread... NOT the open discussion thread..........Thank you for the info Ashleman, and i apologize that i chose the wrong forum i will follow your advice to put my threads in the tones and effects forum.
i don't think there is such thing as a 'sustainer pedal' per se. a compressor would work well to add length in your notes. using a hard bodied guitar helps... guitars made of dense woods like mahogany... a fernandes sustainer works well... it uses a magnetic pulse to keep the strings vibrating... there are a lot of things you can do to help sustain. a loop pedal wouldn't do anything for your sustain at all..... unless you looped a short section of a note that you were holding then stopped it while it was still ringing... then played it back. but it wouldn't be seemless... a loop pedal is more or less for looping whole note phrases or simple chord progressions and such.... not for sustain.
# 3
Originally Posted by: spacemusic7A Sustainer Pedal, The Ebow. Somebody Told Me About The Loop Pedal.
The loop pedal is not going to sustain notes, really. I mean, yes, you could use one to do so, I think, but it would be tedious to set up and not the kind of thing you could do while just playing...
The Ebow would be pretty annoying to have around just to use when you want to sustain notes... You'd have to put it somewhere when you weren't using it.
# 4
There are sustainer pedals, but usually bundled in with other effects. The Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer is an excellent pedal that will really enhance your sound. Another favorite is the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which is a distortion/sustainer...
# 5
Originally Posted by: OSdaveThere are sustainer pedals, but usually bundled in with other effects. The Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer is an excellent pedal that will really enhance your sound. Another favorite is the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which is a distortion/sustainer...thank you Osdave for the info
# 6
a little out of the question but... how about a sustainer pickup?
Originally Posted by: schmangeugly fat chicks
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