Sweet Spot Sustain

[clr]

So I spent the better half of the 11 PM of tonight on high gain trying to find the sweet spot of ultimate feedback/sustain from my amp and guitar. (Unfortunately it's not smiled upon by many people)

I want to cover Europa with an orchestra backing me.
However, I'm having trouble finding that sweet spot.

The impossibly held sustain parts of the song are an E (Thirteenth Fret, High E) bent up. That's not catching the sustain.

But a G# (Sixteenth Fret High E) bent up IS catching that sustain.

So I know it's possible...but it appears on the wrong note. Anyone ever do this and actually catch that spot?

[newey]

Sounds like you're looking for the harmonic for that particular note, like a pinch harmonic technique. Admittedly, not something I'm very good at . .

As you move up the neck, string length decreases of course, and that sweet spot becomes smaller and smaller.

Try varying where you pick that note, at different points along the string. As you move up the neck, the sweet spot moves toward the bridge.

If you keep at it, you'll eventually have one of those "Eureka!" moments.

That's my 2 cents worth, someone will probably be along who can calculate where that harmonic ought to be. Too much math for me!

I'm assuming you're in std tuning. The amount of bending also matters, whether it's a full step up or only a half.

Also

an E (Thirteenth Fret, High E) bent up

Do you mean the 12th fret?

[clr]

F!

I was sleepy