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Post subject: Newbie question regarding sustaining notes
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:23 pm
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I am a new guitar player and have this question regarding the prolonged tone of a note. If I play an open note it takes over 10 seconds till it finally fades. The only way I can lesson the time is if I muffle the sound by lightly touching the string. I have a Jeff Beck Strat and recently had the frets overhauled and I've played this through several different amps.

Being a new player I'm not sure if this is a problem or that's the way it should be.

Thanks for any help.


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Post subject: Re: Newbie question regarding sustaining notes
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:22 pm
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Normal.

Next question.

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Post subject: Re: Newbie question regarding sustaining notes
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:43 pm
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bluesky636 wrote:
Normal.

Next question.

:lol: :lol:

No kidding. Most people are trying to figure out how to get MORE sustain, not less.

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Post subject: Re: Newbie question regarding sustaining notes
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:58 am
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There's nothing wrong with the guitar. It'll come, it's a combination of knowing how to change chords quickly, smoothly and effortlessly, along with the rhythm of your strumming.

As you progress, there are also techniques like palm and finger muting, which dampen strings as required.


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Post subject: Re: Newbie question regarding sustaining notes
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:24 pm
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Thanks to everyone for the info.


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