Re: Sustainer Question

["Andy Owens" <andy@1800dialword.com>]

Or, talk to the previous owner, he might have spent a ton of time dialing 
it in and could tell you how he had it before you changed it. 

Andy Owens
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On Dec 29, 2010, at 5:46 PM, "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>