Scale length and sustain - FRETS.NET2024-03-28T11:57:41Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/scale-length-and-sustain?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A181957&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNice looking guitar.
Jimtag:fretsnet.ning.com,2018-12-14:2177249:Comment:1819572018-12-14T21:34:37.756Zjbbancrofthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/JamesBBancroft
<p>Nice looking guitar.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
<p>Nice looking guitar.</p>
<p>Jim</p> Discovered that the short sus…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2018-12-14:2177249:Comment:1819952018-12-14T21:22:02.749ZRoger Häggströmhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RogerHaeggstroem
<p>Discovered that the short sustain mostly came from my arm resting on the top! Did som more digging on the "net" and this particular question seems to be <span class="tlid-translation translation"><span title="" class="">unexplained</span></span> and in need of some serious experiments from someone. Anyway. This is the guitar.</p>
<p>Discovered that the short sustain mostly came from my arm resting on the top! Did som more digging on the "net" and this particular question seems to be <span class="tlid-translation translation"><span title="" class="">unexplained</span></span> and in need of some serious experiments from someone. Anyway. This is the guitar.</p> I personally think it’s more…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2018-12-14:2177249:Comment:1819912018-12-14T14:00:31.532Zjbbancrofthttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/JamesBBancroft
<p>I personally think it’s more to do with the instruments construction than the length of the scale.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
<p>I personally think it’s more to do with the instruments construction than the length of the scale.</p>
<p>Jim</p> I have always thought that vo…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2018-12-14:2177249:Comment:1819532018-12-14T13:42:33.001ZBrian Evanshttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/BrianEvans
<p>I have always thought that volume and sustain are opposite cousins - you have a certain amount of energy from the strings, you can have one but lose on the other, so achieving a balance is required. I have thought that too high a tension can have a detrimental effect on sustain as it increases volume, and sometimes a long scale length is an attempt to increase volume. You might try low tension strings and de-tuning a full step to D-D to see what happens.</p>
<p>I have always thought that volume and sustain are opposite cousins - you have a certain amount of energy from the strings, you can have one but lose on the other, so achieving a balance is required. I have thought that too high a tension can have a detrimental effect on sustain as it increases volume, and sometimes a long scale length is an attempt to increase volume. You might try low tension strings and de-tuning a full step to D-D to see what happens.</p>