Re: Fernandes Sustainer comments

["Christian Leduc" <chleduc@total.net>]

I use 11's with my strat (with Sustainiac).. well, I didn't try it with
9's.. but with 11's, it sounds great.. I like heavier gauges, but I don't
think my neck would respond well to 12's or 13's.. :)

best,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Shellard" <martins@pwdu.demon.co.uk>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Fernandes Sustainer comments


> Same here, my Fernandes came with 9's and was fine, I changed to 10's (my
> usual gauge) and actually didn't like the tension and was going to change
> back until I noticed the improved response to the sustainer pickup.
>
> Martin Shellard
>
>
> > From: "Paolo Valladolid" <phv40@hotmail.com>
>
> >
> > My Fernandes Sustainer fretless came with .009s and it seemed to me 
>that
the
> > circuit would work better with thicker gauge strings.  It takes longer
to
> > activate the high E than any of the other strings.
>
>
>