Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.
Not for the faint of hearing.
Actually, every once in a decade or so I'll give it a listen. Also sounds better slowed down by around 75%
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4 seconds seems relatively short in the realm of electric guitars. Even an acoustic guitar can do that without amplification.
He might have had amps that go to 11, which opens up all kinds of possibilities.
Mesa boogie amps.
Not 100% on the timeline, but likely a Mesa Boogie Mk1 or II as he was a fan and used them extensively. Simple Overdrive/gain/Saturation. Add feedback and finger tricks and you can sustain for a loooooooong time without even needing compression.
Today, you can get a Sustainiac system/Ebow and sustain until the power dies with a crystal clean tone as well as that violin saturation.
Then theres pedals. Then there’s Hi gain amps like a Recto or an Ubershall Or Engl or Diezel or...
Here is a fav of mine:
Dave Mason - All Along the Watchtower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n3f8NeUm-k
Although Santana has three sustains in the piece, the second one just floored me. I yelled out very loudly "DUUUUUUUUDE!" on that second sustain and my wife thought I had lost my mind.
Oh, well.
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.
