Problem - No Sustain on High E

I just assembled a Strat from the following components:

Body and tremelo - Squier Standard Stratocaster, cherryburst
Neck - Mighty Mite maple, 22 fret
Pickups - Fender 57/62

Everything sounds and feels great except that the high E string has very little sustain. I've checked everything and it all looks okay. I get plenty of sustain on the 2nd through 6th strings but nowhere near as much on the 1st string.

Anyone have any ideas of what else I can check? Think it would help to change to a set of GraphTek saddles I have here?

Jim

Make sure there is even pressure on both height adjusters on the saddle,
BUT
most such problems come from the nut.

I'd suggest the pickups (pole pieces?) but if it's happeneing in all pup positions then I don't know.

Thanks for the replies. Yes, it is happening in all pole positions. I am going to try cleaning up the nut, then change the saddles over to the GraphTeks and see if that makes a difference.

Jim

Start at the nut. Try to get it so all the strings play clean acousticly. Then set the pickups to about 1/8" up from the pickguard on the neck pickup and a little higher on the mid and the bridge a little higher than the mid.

Nahhhh! It's probably just the string. Is there any chocolate on it? :lol: LOL

I agree that the nut is suspect. BTW- I went with the graphtek saddles and was not overly impressed with the total difference from stock Fenders. Neither was my wallet! :confused:

OK...it looks like the nut is getting the most votes as the problem area.

Thanks, Jim

Loss of sustain when the string is played open? Then yes, I concur, check the nut slot. Otherwise the problem is at the other end or a bad string.

Make sure there is even pressure on both height adjusters on the saddle,
BUT
most such problems come from the nut.

+1

If the screws for that particular saddle are not both firmly seated, you can have this issue.

Also, the nut may "look" OK at a casual glance, but the nut slot may be too deep, wide, or anything else...

I'm with Mark, start at the nut, then check the saddle/bridge.