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06-25-2006, 06:11 AM
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Ive got a cheap ibanez, and its got a basswood body, ive noticed its got really short sustain compared to my basses(even compared to my cheap plywood one).
are guitars with floating trems just like that or is it my cheap amp and the basswood? |
06-25-2006, 07:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Part of it is the wood and the floating bridge, but you're also comparing apples to oranges. Sustain is about vibrational energy, and bigger strings are going to take more energy to set in motion, and contain that energy longer than those little bitty strands that guitar players use.
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06-25-2006, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies Part of it is the wood and the floating bridge, but you're also comparing apples to oranges. Sustain is about vibrational energy, and bigger strings are going to take more energy to set in motion, and contain that energy longer than those little bitty strands that guitar players use. | That's pretty much it. The floating tremolo is a big factor, I'd say. Plus, you have to consider whether or not it is a bolt-on, set-neck, neck-through, set-through, etc.
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06-26-2006, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by BassGod That's pretty much it. The floating tremolo is a big factor, I'd say. Plus, you have to consider whether or not it is a bolt-on, set-neck, neck-through, set-through, etc.
Graeme | I'd hazzard to guess that materials are more responsible for "sustain" than the method of construction.
There will be those that say a set neck has more sustain than a bolt on, and that a neck through has more sustain than a set neck... If that were true, why doesn't a Thunderbird ring like, say... a Jazz Bass? Materials.
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06-26-2006, 11:43 AM
| | | | well ive thought about it, and i agree its probably the floating trem, ive played guitars and basses made out of basswood without trems and they have more sustain(basses have most).
i guess its probably because only 2 springs and 2 screws actually transfer the energy to the body |
06-26-2006, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by thedonutman well ive thought about it, and i agree its probably the floating trem, ive played guitars and basses made out of basswood without trems and they have more sustain(basses have most).
i guess its probably because only 2 springs and 2 screws actually transfer the energy to the body |
Less transfer = more sustain.
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