Tested: Where Does The Sustain Come From In An Electric Guitar

Marching forward with the electric guitar experiments. 0:00 What is good sustain 0:52 Amp feedback 1:40 How long should a note be able to ring 2:42 Quality of sustain 3:24 The spreadsheet 4:23 The amp s role 5:07 Testing break angle 6:11 Testing saddle material 7:14 Testing string tension 8:01 Testing absence of neck pickup 8:42 Testing resonant mass 9:50 Testing the finish 12:18 But what makes an obvious difference 14:00 Outro jam Tests were done plugging the guitar directly into the computer for a clean signal (except the amp feedback test and neck pickup test). for the spreadsheet. My website is I m jimlill on instagram. It s really cool to see people enjoying the tone tests video I put out 2 weeks ago. Sustain wasn t on my mind when I was making it, but there were some people in the comments talking about sustain so I thought I d spend some time figuring out where it comes from. It was fun coming up with the tests, try