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Originally Posted by dwagar
a couple things I can think of:
- if you're playing with a really light action, try raising it a bit
- try dropping the TP right down to the body. If your strings hit the back of the bridge, you might have to topwrap
- try a pair of steel tailpiece studs
- try a different brand of strings. Try going up one step (if you're using 9s, try 10s)
- most importantly I think, work on your vibrato.
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-"most imortantly I think, work on your vibrato."
I host an open mic and experience a lot of guitar players, most of then use a pedal of some kind to achieve sustain. You can use vibrato to squeeze and knead the string thus creating the "sustain" (at any volume) to the same result. Producing a sustained note manually has a different quality than one coming from a stompbox. A stompbox has the potential to become a crutch, especially early on. Working on your vibrato is really important.