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When it comes to sustain things get more complicated.
In a world without friction the string would vibrate forever. However in the
real world the string loses energy, and the way it does is determined by the
string itself, the wood , bridge,nut, vibrato...etc.
But I think most of all your fretting hand, because lets face it, your
fingers are just soft tissue that absorbs all vibrations.
Now if a certain string "feels" better to you, you will be able to let the
string vibrate longer, hence more sustain. Or how a "better" player can make
the same guitar sustain longer. Or how when you are in a bad day you can
sound like crap.
Shows how something subjective and unmeasurable like "feeling" can determine
something objective like sustain.
Roland Bettenville
-------Original Message-------
From:
Date: Sunday, April 04, 2004 13:34:26
To:
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Re: In the bowels of the ($399) beast(STRINGS)
--- Roland Bettenville <>
wrote:
> Just to add a little bit of science to this
> discussion.
> The general idea to most people is that the string
> gauge determines the
> tension.
> This is not 100% correct.
I want to add, that for wound strings, it seems like
the core wire gauge is determining the tension more so
than the overall gauge, so an 050 low e-string from
GHS Boomers is feeling tighter than a 052 low e-string
by Thomastik or Pyramid.
Sustain is more related to mass, than to tension I
feel, and the overtones are all there in any string,
its just a matter how long they stay audible with the
basic tone.
KK
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