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Topic: Need help with sustain |
Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 7:39 pm |
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Al Marcus
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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 9:03 pm
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Jim- I just played your clip and your tone on that MSA sounded pretty good to me.
I have a MSA Wood Lacquer S12 with 8/5 and it has the Aluminum pocket for the Supersustain II and It does have a better tone than a few other guitars I have had, and lots of sustain."The Universal XL"
Reece told me about cutting the alum neck until near the pickup and meters showed no diffenence , so That is wehre they left it. I believe the Sho-Bud has the same pocket and always had a good tone .
Move on up to an XL or later model MSA and you will get the tone and sustain you had with the 79 model....al 
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 9:52 pm
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If you were to strum the open strings and time the sustain and then strum the 17th fret, the sustain would probably be about half as long.
"When playing live, I've been running the steel through a compressor, it helps a bit, but would sound too compressed on the recording."
You shouldn't need a compressor, because you have a volume pedal and that's the most responsive and intelligent compressor you'll find.
When I'm recording, I'm much more aware of what I'm doing. Playing live, there are a lot of distractions. So that would account for the more noticable problems. Perhaps when you are recording, you're more nervous and are pressing on the bar more, or your picking and bar movement isn't consistent. When things aren't going well and I'm starting to get frustrated, they tend to spiral down rapidly. I can also tell how nervous I am by my tone. So when it's noticable, I try to relax by first letting the bar do the work and then just "squeezing" the strings.
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Marco Schouten
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 22 Jan 2004 10:16 pm
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Jim, how is the condition of the changer fingers, when I polished mine, and also the rollers it made a huge difference.Are all the srews or bolts on the guitar tight enough?
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Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 12:32 am
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 6:35 am
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| I would also love to install an aluminum "pocket" on my old MSA S10. I think it would help greatly! I think it will be tough to find one and REAL expensive if you do. bob |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 9:23 am
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 9:46 am
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Jim my friend, you are being "picky, picky, picky". Your sound clip sounds great, and needs no stroking! The sustain on the upper octave is always shaky at best, but is really unpredictable when you are recording direct with volumn pedal open...Maybe it's the altitude in Mexico City that is affecting your ear!
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Jan 2004 11:36 am
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I go along with Gene- There was nothing wrong with your sound on the clip. As far as I could see.
Keep on pickin, you are doing good..................al
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