I've seen a few guitars with a piece of foam rubber or something similar under the strings in the headstock. I assume that this is to eliminate some troublesome vibrations of the strings, but is it really necessary and useful?
Foam rubber under the strings in headstock.
- Thread starter hellraiser85
- Start date
xFkx
gain induction
I say something like this (in the headstock):
http://myspace-292.vo.llnwd.net/00045/29/27/45107292_l.jpg
http://myspace-292.vo.llnwd.net/00045/29/27/45107292_l.jpg
Well my feeling is the strings are SO tight there and the length so short, it's really not a noticeable difference - but there's no reason not to do it to be on the safe side! 
Genius Gone Insane
http://www.¯\(°_o)/¯.com
I almost always put something there and also on the bridge if it's a string thru. I always seem to get noise problems when tracking.
ze kink
THE BLACK WIZARDS
I always mute them, as I usually have noise problems if I don't. It can be mainly heard when doing quick palm muted stuff, you hear a "bell-like echo" after the chord you've played. It can happen on the bridge too if it's a string through tuneomatic bridge. I usually put two hairbands in the headstock to mute the strings, and I can also move them quickly over the nut to mute the open strings. I mainly use it when I do some percussive tapping stuff in which I don't want the open strings to ring at all.
I also always mute the springs on tremolo guitars.
I also always mute the springs on tremolo guitars.
God I hate that noise. I would just stuff the rear cavity with TP then put the cover back on but with my current guitar, the block sticks out (swapped OFR's) so hair bands around the springs + foam sorta makes it better but fucks with the flutter.
My Les Paul Custom is awful with it, and pretty much any other 3+3 headstock guitar is worse than any 6 inline I've had.
I have foam on all my ESP Vipers and my Eclipse, and the aforementioned 76 LPC
I have foam on all my ESP Vipers and my Eclipse, and the aforementioned 76 LPC
16S
all gods fail...
Just pass a strip of foam through each spring the next time you have the strings off and that will kill most of the res through the springs and not mess with the return or flutter etc...
Uladyne
Greg
Most definitely. Sometimes I'll change strings and forget to put the foam back on and I'll be like, "What the fuck is that annoying fucking piece of shit annoying noise that is so fucking god damn annoying!!!!!???? .... Oh.... No foam..... D'oh!!!"
I only want my strings to vibrate between the saddles and the fret that I am holding the string(s) against. Anywhere else, they can get fucked and fuck off and shut the fucking hell up dammit. Sorry for the cussing. It just feels necessary.
Ok, sometimes I head this annoying sound between fast palm mutes, so I will put a piece of foam in my headstock to kill it. Thanks for comment!
TheDude
Jocke Skog
pifos_2
des scoubidoubidous wha !
AudioGeekZine
arsehole know-it-all
Katau
Supreme Master of Nothing
There is an annoying ring even when strumming or using power chords. Try it...you'll notice the difference right away. I just use the old 90's style walkman headphone foam pieces. They're dense enough to stop the ringing, but not dense enough to distort the string.
