The Elf wrote:I recall having a conversation with a certain [namedrop]Mr Hackett[/namedrop] many years ago, when he pretty much abandoned his eBow in favour of the Fernades system. At the time I thought we would see every guitar fitted with similar systems, but it never happened - much like almost no guitarists ever seem to appreciate the power of a volume pedal.
Conservative lot you plank spankers seem to be.
I would like to have a Fernandes to play, or one with their sustainer! Every now and then they pop up on eBay and I'm thinking about getting it. One day.
However, thing is that with decent instrument and proper technique you can get it to sustain
a lot with just the right gain structure. You generally don't want sustain on chords, but on individual lines and for that you can set your gain so that it sounds cleanish even if it's all but - it's only the attack that gives away the fact that you're overdriving.
Volume pedals, plenty of people uses' em! Tough in the realm of the reasonable, they're useful mostly for swells and violin-like sound, anything else is just as easy to do with the volume knob, which on Strats is just there under your hand..