chromy thing

[Kelv]

hey anybody knows what the chromed looking thing on JS's guitar headstock during live performances is?..i believe its called phat fingers for better sustain...anyone tried one of this before?
know where to get it in uk?

[jay ratkowski]

It is indeed called a Phat Finger. *You can get them at guitar stores for like $15 or something around that realm. *The basic idea is that added mass on the headstock end of the guitar will increase sustain... which in theory, should work... but I think it's a gimmick. *So long as you have that floating trem, locking nut and string retainer bar... it doesn't matter how much mass/weight you add to the guitar, you're sustain will always suck. *I don't care if your guitar was cut by a laser either. *;-) *(no offense, but it's true)

[anuj]

jay.. i dunno how much the fatfinger helps or otherwise (joe had lost it by the fillmore show), but hey.. touch the headstock to the wall and experience beefy tone

~A

[SuperUnderwhereMan]

good point...... the mass on the end of the headstocks ballances out (more so than before) the weight on each end of the strings. there fore the strings will vibrate more evenly throught the span that are not behind the locking nut. i think it would work.

JR

[SuperUnderwhereMan]

hahaha..... through....... i think i was goin for through out and got a little mixed up... i guess thats what happens when your thinking about the psychics of guitar string's.......

[anuj]

are these psychics mediums too?



~A

[Kelv]

anyone know the website for phat finger?

[jay ratkowski]

My mistake... it's called a Fat Finger...

They're made by our friends at Groove Tubes.

[RSVampire]

Well hey come on for like $15 a Fat Finger why not just "test" it out @ guitar center or someone before buying...even so 15-20 bux is almost nothing. I'd still try it out for fun.

[Kelv]

anybody know where i can get the fat finger in england?

[jay ratkowski]

Any store that deals in Groove Tubes can order it for you. *Most larger stores that sell tubes deal in Groove Tubes.

[darren wilson]

I think it's smoke and mirrors. Why do companies like PRS brag about their "low mass tuners" if additional mass on the headstock is a good thing?

Touching your headstock to the wall doesn't make your guitar resonate more... it transfers the guitar's vibration to the wall, which resonates sympathetically, making the volume and sustain appear greater.

[ripl3y]

Quote: from anuj on 6:26 am on May 30, 2001
jay.. i dunno how much the fatfinger helps or otherwise (joe had lost it by the fillmore show), but hey.. touch the headstock to the wall and experience beefy tone

~A

Yeah I know what you mean, but I've already had one roadie break his back after carrying a wall around for me so I had to give that one up, plus at the smaller venues it was a real pig to get on stage.

Steve

[anuj]

ROFL@ripl3y, i meant it as an exercise in experimentation, not a practical gigging solution

but that did make me laugh.. out loud even

~A