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2005-11-15, 19:20
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sustain on floating bridge
hello... i noticed that my guitar has very little sustain compared to other guitars. is it because of the floating bridge? i don't think its the pickups because i have a tonezone(B) and a paf pro(N). i'm considering blocking the bridge with a block of wood or something. but, will it be noticably better? or just a tad? i use an ibanez rg... thanks in advance for replies
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2005-11-15, 19:23
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floating bridges fuck up a lot of suastain, cuz theres a big fucking hole in the body to fit the trem in, blocking it wont help a lot either i guess, the big piece of wood is still missing so 
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2005-11-15, 19:34
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also, i used to have a rg with a pafpro and tinezone, but i didnt think they had a lot of outputt rilli, but i guess its what ur used to
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2005-11-15, 20:39
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My guitar has tons of sustain. And it has a ofr
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2005-11-15, 23:52
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i dun think high output pickups = great sustain
something else must be the problem...
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2005-11-16, 04:13
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how high is your action? what kind of strings do you use(brand and gauge)?
do you use any kind of noise suppressor?
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2005-11-16, 10:00
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action is a little lower than the standard factory settings... and im using the ernie ball RPS slinkys 0.09... could this be the problem?
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2005-11-16, 10:01
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and i forgot i use a gateway too...
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2005-11-16, 11:21
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that might be it then i guess  not sure cuz i know shit bout gates
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2005-11-16, 11:28
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Some gates tend to suck tone. Just a matter of fine tuning them
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2005-11-16, 16:13
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action is a little lower than the standard factory settings... and im using the ernie ball RPS slinkys 0.09... could this be the problem?
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9's with low action could definately affect it.
and your noise gate.... yeah... probably has alot to do with it. try playing without the noise gate to see if you can get more sustain. you may just need to upgrade the gate to someting a bit more transparent.
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2005-11-16, 16:26
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alright... i'll tweak abit and get back if there r any problems... thanks for the useful advice
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2005-11-16, 16:41
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Just one more question...what tuning are you in?
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2005-11-16, 17:45
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i use standard tuning
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