Question about sustain

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Easy fix - may cost more than you want but may cost you nothing . . .

Get a good volume pedal. Get a good digital delay. Put the volume pedal in front of the delay (ie between teh guitar and the delay) then take teh delay to the amp.

If you already have these two (in my view) essential items, it's going to cost you some practise time and no money.

Turn the amp up louder than you need it to be.

Take the volume down with the pedal to where you want it to be.

Have the delay set to a very long delay time with very faint repeats.

Play the chord and keep the volume constant by bringing it in with the volume pedal. It also works great if you have a whammy as you can add quite a lot of 'shimmer' to the sound.

You will need to experiment with the various parts of this, but it works great.

. . . and yo should be able to get more than 5 seconds easily.
 
dumbest question ever

compression, delay, reverb, A BIG MUFF, A PROCO RAT, jeez i could go on and on.

have you ever read a guitar magazine or anything about guitars?

watch spinal tap
 
Hell, just having Spinal Tap in your VCR should do wonders for increasing sustain.
 
fat finger:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/420270/

Yes, I thought that it was highly suspicious when I first saw it too, but it works.

It's not going to be a night and day difference, but this mixed with having your guitar right next to your amp should be more than good enough.

I think that feedback and sustain are really hard to do - and hooking up a hard compressor doesn't really do the trick...it seems too static to me. Cranking up the amp and getting just the right amount of scream is a subtle thing.

smtcharlie
 
dumbest question ever

compression, delay, reverb, A BIG MUFF, A PROCO RAT, jeez i could go on and on.

have you ever read a guitar magazine or anything about guitars?
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Hopefully your just screwing around because otherwise, your a total DOUCHE BAG.

Look at me, I can repeat everything that has already been posted
 
All kidding and douche bags aside,

I finally found somewhat of a remedy in the middle ground between enough sustain and not too much distortion, along with implementing most of the other suggestions, douche bags aside.

Thanks for the tips...
 
I've got a bad dyna-comp addiction. :cool:

Danelectro makes a cheapo pedal called Surf and turf which for the price compares favorably to my ears.
 
smtcharlie said:
fat finger:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/420270/

Yes, I thought that it was highly suspicious when I first saw it too, but it works.

smtcharlie
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Yup. It adds mass to the headstock as I was saying earlier. I've seen many other similar products, such as brass plates that attach to the back of the headstock.
I've never tried one but I've heard from lots of people that they help. Now Light's telling us it's a myth.

What are we to do??

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Brass bridge and or brass nut. Kills the tone however, gives you a lot of sustain.

Crank your channel volume on the amp, lower the master channel volume.

As mentioned a good floor pedal like a rat or tube screamer.
 
EMG Pickups

You could take out the stock Ibanez Pickups & pots & put in a set of EMG Pickups w. new 25,000K pots.

EMGs make any guitar sustain incredibly.

Depending on the music you play you might want to consider the 81 or 85 in the bridge position. They would sound awesome in an Ibanez RG but be aware that they are highly sensitive & can brighten your sound or make it more crisp.
 
Wireneck said:
Hopefully your just screwing around because otherwise, your a total DOUCHE BAG.

Look at me, I can repeat everything that has already been posted
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yes indeed.
agreed.
 
zyx345 said:
You could take out the stock Ibanez Pickups & pots & put in a set of EMG Pickups w. new 25,000K pots.

EMGs make any guitar sustain incredibly.

Depending on the music you play you might want to consider the 81 or 85 in the bridge position. They would sound awesome in an Ibanez RG but be aware that they are highly sensitive & can brighten your sound or make it more crisp.
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Yes. Replacing those shitty Ibanez stock pickups (at least the bridge if you're broke) is a good idea. Pickups are sooo important for your sustain and tone in general. EMGs are good. They have so much gain whic will boost your sustain. They're active pickups(they work with 9v batteries). They're specificly good for metal/heavy music (lots of heavyness with distorsion, not as smooth with clean and everything else). If you're looking for a more balanced pickup which you can use for different kind of tones/music , yet want hi(hi enough) gain and sustain that you need, consider Seymour Duncan JB. They're awesome pickups, so good with heavy music situations also. They're also cheaper and no batteries.
get one installed at the bridge, you'll be surprised by the difference.

take care.
 
I heard mention of the seymour duncan JB before. Has anyone ever developed a prefernce between SD's and Dimarzio's (generaly speaking...)
 
zyx345 said:
You could take out the stock Ibanez Pickups & pots & put in a set of EMG Pickups w. new 25,000K pots.
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25,000,000 ohm pots? I wouldnt think you would get a lot of gain from that.
 
cellardweller said:
I heard mention of the seymour duncan JB before. Has anyone ever developed a prefernce between SD's and Dimarzio's (generaly speaking...)
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For single coil I prefer SDs for standard humbuckers Dimarzio.
 
Middleman said:
For single coil I prefer SDs for standard humbuckers Dimarzio.
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Not sure if they are "standard" humbuckers or not, but do you know if there is anywhere you can still get a Dimarzio "FRED" pickup these days? I haven't seen it advertised for a while. Did they change the name?

EMG's- had a friend who had them, he hated them. Said they were too noisy, and he hated messing with batteries... wonder if they have a wallwart for them... :p
 
FRED, not familiar with that term.

I have a Dimarzio humbucker, cream colored circa 1977 that is sitting here next to my keyboard. I just took it out of my Tele custom. It has a really sweet sound and I am thinking about building a guitar around it.
 
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