Re: Sustainer Question

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Have you tried with thicker strings compensated by tuning down? My
experience with ebow has proven that a good way. However, since the
Fernandes doesn't have six sustainers, one for each string, there will
always be one overtone that takes over when a chord is played and
sustained. Works like acoustic feedback. Maybe you can research what
strings are fastest to "take over" and learn to "half-mute" them with
some soft material close to the bridge. Just slowing them down a bit
so the sustainer gets a chance to work the slower strings (like your
thin E).

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Ingo Ito <ingoito@itofarm.com> wrote:
> Fernandes Sustainer. The high e-string is not responding well (very slow 
>attack) and
> when doing chords (only the fingering - to let the sound come "out of
> nowhere") not all strings are responding evenly, destroying the 
>character of
> the chord.