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Originally Posted by nitelightboy  Remember that adding gain increases compression. Compression decreases sustain. |
I like the guide, but this sentence is not true at all. Compression INCREASES sustain, because the idea behind compression on guitars is to "compress" the highest peaks of a signal, so whatever is at a lower volume can be brought up, without making your peaks louder.
Compression by its very nature makes signals sustain more. You would be more correct in saying compression decreases dynamics, because you can play a note, no matter how hard you play it (within reason and depending on the amount of compression there is), it will come out the same level. Increase in sustain, decrease in dynamics.