EVH and the Fernandes sustainer?

Bluesgeetar · Post by **Bluesgeetar** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:19 pm

Fernandes says EVH uses the sustainer. Curious as to where he uses this thing in songs? Anyone know what songs he is is using this thing? I was gonna get one for that Schon "Only the young" tone. Noticed they said EVH uses one.

Beavis · Post by **Beavis** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:04 pm

I'm not sure if he has used it on any studio tracks, but he sure used the hell out of it and a wah during the '04 tour.

blfrd · Post by **blfrd** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:23 pm

Pretty sure he's been using it since the VH III album.

Both on that album and touring for III.

The only time I didn't see it was on the last 'reunion' tour.

My guess is that he's put it down (thank gawd....)

bmf5150 · Post by **bmf5150** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:24 pm

he used it on me wise magic,and on vh 3 year to the date..

Mr. Beasty · Post by **Mr. Beasty** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:33 pm

It was on half his guitars on the 2004 tour.

wjamflan · Post by **wjamflan** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:39 am

I believe he also used on Humans Being, the song from Twister. If memory serves that was 1995. His use of it on the 2004 tour was distracting IMHO.... Thank god he didn't use it like that on the most recent outing with DLR.

Bill

misfit11 · Post by **misfit11** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:25 pm

a very good song to use a sustainer with is steve via, the song,-"for the love of god" i use my sustainer guitar a "jem" for this song its way cool...! you can doanload the backing track from backingtracks.com
try it you'll like it..!

Bore Em at the Forum · Post by **Bore Em at the Forum** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:52 am

Definitely on Me Wise & Humans Being! And I think in places on those 3 new (bad) songs with Sammy in 2004?

What was that big wiring harness/bracket Ed had on his guitars on the VHIII tour? I thought that was pretty ugly and distracting....

zz666 · Post by **zz666** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:20 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukHqzqZOe7g[/youtube]

Stratabuse · Post by **Stratabuse** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:28 pm

I hate when he uses that thing. Hope it doesn't find it's way into any of his new guitars!!

Seabean · Post by **Seabean** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:47 pm

Question - is the Sustainer typically used mainly for making long notes in solos, or can it be used somewhat turned down to give an overall sustaining quality to a guitars sound? (chords and leads)

Does Ed just use it for solos, or does he leave it on for the full song? Does he do that in "Humans Being"??

For example, suppose I want to play with a clean "Fender Twin" type of sound... but I want to get the kind of sustain you might expect from a cranked Marshall/OD pedal, without the overdriven sound? Can the Sustainer do that?

Santi · Post by **Santi** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:08 am

yes it can do that. If you really wanna see why the sustainer can be good check Steve Vai on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEiaZaIvBUM

Santi · Post by **Santi** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:10 am

Actually, this answers your question about the clean sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IICQ8_VJCfU

Strat78 · Post by **Strat78** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:02 am

Puts hands on chair and sits on them.

Seabean · Post by **Seabean** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:07 am

Thanks Santi - I guess the neck "humbucker" on Vai's JEM is the Sustainer? (or is it the middle single coil?)

There's also a bunch of videos on the Fernandes site:
http://www.fernandesguitars.com/sustain ... ainer.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One more question for anyone: I see that the sustainer can be turned off and used as a pickup itself... if so, can the "single coil Sustainer" be used in the neck position to get close to an SRV tone? (obviously w/o sustain)

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