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by Mad-Mike » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:27 pm
I remember once on Jag-Stang.com some dude wrapped the strings like that around the bridge of his AVRI, I never saw the point in it. I find I get pretty good sustain out of the standard bridge setup, no buzzstop, and 009-042s. Like the one guy said, different strokes for different folks.
I always found the Les Paul sustain thing hilarious, because I've played a few that really lack sustain. I once jammed with someone on one with a Jazzmaster equipped with 010's, and the Jazzy beat the LP in sustain. It's all in how you set up the guitar, and what woods are used (density affects sustain), also angles over the bridge, and weather the pickups are so highly magnetic that they pull the strings down can also affect sustain. Good sustain is more than the strings leaning over the back of the bridge at a sharp angle, body wood density is a pretty big factor too, as well as how together the neck and body are. If the neck is not secure enough, the neck joint will eat up sustain by causing the body to react against the neck instead of with it, I can usually tell if I just lightly touch the body and neck with my fingers after plucking the Low E, on my Jag, the neck and body vibrations feel the same, whereas on my Explorer copy, they are different due to the weaker neck joint.
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