Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Build for maximum sustain
- Thread starter lucas303
- Start date
Robby Pagliari of OHM has a massive brass weight installed under the bridge on his bass to achieve the sound/sustain that suits him.
We had a bass with an aluminum neck about 10 years ago. I think the strings are still ringing….
I dont know of anything stiffer than CF/Graphite necks on a strength/weight ratio. My Steinberger rings like a bell. Kubickis a close second, maybe a Ric third. Anything all maple, heavy bridge, and brass nut is probably going to sustain pretty well, though im not sure why that would be the primary goal. Any bass with a bit of compression can het a reasonable amount of sustain, except maybe a Hofner?
^^ this
--brass or tusq nuts, heavy bridges and string thru design has been plenty of sustain for the basses i ever owned. My 1st cheapo bass was a hondo stingthru and had a huge brass bridge that must've weighed 3lbs by itself. Bass was almost 12lbs.
--brass or tusq nuts, heavy bridges and string thru design has been plenty of sustain for the basses i ever owned. My 1st cheapo bass was a hondo stingthru and had a huge brass bridge that must've weighed 3lbs by itself. Bass was almost 12lbs.
That would give each note a half life of 2 million years. Should be enough.
That's my experience too. My G&L USA M-2500 has incredible sustain, so much that a couple of times I've adjusted my technique slightly to account for it. The notes just weren't decaying as they do on my other basses. I think it comes from: (1) the ultra-rigid quartersawn neck; (2) extremely solid six-bolt neck attachment; and (3) high-mass saddle lock bridge. The magnetic properties of the MFD pickups might affect this too.
My G&L USA JB is made of the same woods, and also has a quartersawn neck and the same bridge, but only a four-bolt neck attachment which might account for the difference.
Would anyone be able to hear it over the squeals of outrage from the protesters because you used such an evil material for your instrument?
Alembic has this info on neck wood attributes [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Both usa mtd’s I’ve owned have more sustain than any other bass I’ve ever played.
Former was ash, maple, rosewood - current is sycamore, maple, maple.
Bolt on, Barto electronics, hip shot hardware.
Not sure what the “magic” ingredient is because on paper it really doesn’t sound that unique.
Former was ash, maple, rosewood - current is sycamore, maple, maple.
Bolt on, Barto electronics, hip shot hardware.
Not sure what the “magic” ingredient is because on paper it really doesn’t sound that unique.
Yeah, because no feature of how a bass is built has any impact on sustain
Is that the bong water opening?
So I wonder, all else being equal would an aluminum bolt on neck (with a wood body) be expected to have more sustain than a wooden neck-through?
