GodBlessTexas Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 (edited) I'm getting really frustrated lately with my playing. When I play high gain stuff, even with my noise suppressor, I'm hearing lots of noise when I play. I'm not talking about hiss either. For instance, last night I was running through some legato exercises and getting my speed up playing scales and modes, and I could hear strings vibrating that I wasn't playing on. I'm assuming this is a technique issue, but I have no idea how to fix this. Any tips on how to fix this? When I play clean, you don't hear any of this stuff at all. I'm just at a loss. On edit: could this be caused by the trem springs? Someone mentioned to me once that he used foam in the trem cavity behind the springs to stop them from making noise. Edited May 11, 2007 by GodBlessTexas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 It is an entirely different playing style when playing high gain.When I play at the extremely high gain settings I use,I am always muting the strings i don't use with one hand or the other.After years and years and years,it just happens naturally and I never notice until someone else plays my rig and wants to know how I play with that much gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 I can't comment on playing style as my style is sloppy as hell but I've always used foam in the trem springs after reading that Satriani did it. You don't want to bulk it out though, just enough to absorb some of the vibration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrasher! Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 It sounds like it's just a case of muting the unplayed strings. It becomes second nature (pretty much everything I play is hi-gain) I tried foam in the trem springs after reading a tip on this forum, but found that everything went ever so slightly flat afterwards - because the foam was getting 'pinched' between coils and not allowing the trem to return exactly to it's original position ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 ahhh that might be why the trem on my ibanez isnt working properly :/ how can i mute the springs without stopping the trem working properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Yeah, I guess muting with my picking hand is just something I never practiced. Time to start I guess, but after 20 years of not doing it, I think it might be hard to break that habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Yeah, I guess muting with my picking hand is just something I never practiced. Time to start I guess, but after 20 years of not doing it, I think it might be hard to break that habit. A ton of guys I run into who play nothing but acoustic have this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Not sure what kind of foam you guys are talking about, but you might try a piece of pipe cleaner inside each spring. Bend a bit of it out one end to get it to stay put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro_10s Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Meh this is just masking a problem. Practice and it will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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