Clean long sustain

Re: Clean long sustain

Let me just say that I admire anyone who starts playing guitar (or doing anything totally new) as a full-grown adult! Takes a certain level of something to just say "Yep, I wanna learn how to do that" and just do it.

Thanks, to be honest it's a long story!
I first picked up a guitar at about 15 year old ( an old acoustic) and had lessons for around 12 months but never really got anywhere.
Because I couldn't master it in a few months i gave up (typical teenager! )
I always had the guitar in the house and would pick it up ever few years and plonk around on it for a few days then leave it for another 5 years or so !
During the last 2 or 3 years I had a problem with my hands (trigger finger) if I clenched my hand I couldn't re open my fingers.
I had shockwave therapy on my hands and it was expensive and not very successful so wondered if I picked up the guitar again it might help!
And it has (that was around November 2015)
I became totally addicted!
Went out and bought myself an American standard strat on new years eve (clapton signature strat)
I have always been a floyd/ gilmour fan and wanted to learn some of their stuff. (I have seen them 5 times) I now have 4 guitars, the strat and 3 acoustics, two 6 string and one 12 string .
I moded the strat for more of a Gilmour tone.
So, I had a little previous experience but not much, but now i can't leave them alone !
Anyway, I am going on a bit here so I will shut up and get back to learning the 2nd solo from comfortably numb !:laughing:
 
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Re: Clean long sustain

The best way to sound like anybody is to play without plugging into anything. Play the electric acoustically and work at sounding like the target using your hands. Then you need a lot less technojunk to get the tones you want when you do plug in.
 
Re: Clean long sustain

The best way to sound like anybody is to play without plugging into anything. Play the electric acoustically and work at sounding like the target using your hands. Then you need a lot less technojunk to get the tones you want when you do plug in.

Great tip !
 
Re: Clean long sustain

The best way to sound like anybody is to play without plugging into anything. Play the electric acoustically and work at sounding like the target using your hands. Then you need a lot less technojunk to get the tones you want when you do plug in.

Always, always, always!!! Across nearly 40 years of playing, there is a direct correlation between how good an electric sounds unplugged and a) how it sounds plugged in; and b) how much I enjoy playing it.


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Re: Clean long sustain

After practicing un-plugged, you might find that a lot more slop/noise come through when you switch back to an amp. Those little bits of imprecise playing get magnified.
 
Re: Clean long sustain

Just mean it's not the best way to practice... Better results from practicing clean, but through an amp.
 
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