Not sure if lemon oil actually increases sustain on my fretless ebonol board. It would appear that way, but it could be in my head, too. Can I treat it with something else for a better sound and sustain?
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more sustain?
- Thread starter twinjet
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Rick Auricchio
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The fretboard treatment has a trivial effect on sustain.
More important factors: string choice, neck-thru instrument, tight neck bolts (if it's a bolt-on), tightly mounted bridge. Oh, and with a fretless, even your left-hand technique makes a difference in sustain.
More important factors: string choice, neck-thru instrument, tight neck bolts (if it's a bolt-on), tightly mounted bridge. Oh, and with a fretless, even your left-hand technique makes a difference in sustain.
Fingerboard treatment is not a consideration when it comes to sustain.
A lost point is paying attention to where you strike the string on a fretless. Plucking by the bridge is a longtime Jaco-style favorite, but he also played over the neck pickup as well as where the neck meets the body. Playing farther away from the bridge excites the string in a wider arc, creating more sustain and "mwah" naturally.
A lost point is paying attention to where you strike the string on a fretless. Plucking by the bridge is a longtime Jaco-style favorite, but he also played over the neck pickup as well as where the neck meets the body. Playing farther away from the bridge excites the string in a wider arc, creating more sustain and "mwah" naturally.
......and the neck relief as well as the string height are critical.
Oiling/treating the neck has essentially nothing to do with it.
Oiling/treating the neck has essentially nothing to do with it.
