how do you guys rig up your guitars?

[3tuxedo]

i've seen videos and heard of people putting pieces of fabric on the neck of their guitars to.. well i'm not really sure why. i'm partly asking what it does, and partly asking how some of you do it. thanks guys.

 

[Scott Horner]

The fabric is used for recording to eliminate unwanted strings ringing out during leads and sweeps up higher on the neck.

 

[3tuxedo]

how would you put it together? i mean, wouldn't it mute the strings you want to play too?

 

[Scott Horner]

You would only want to use this if you're recording stuff, like sweep passages, up on the higher frets. Unless you and I are thinking of different things, It's usually only the bottom few strings that are muted. You wouldn't do this if you were recording rhythm parts and such. Just leads.

 

[Beneath_the_Bliss]

Dustin... i do this when recording like breakdowns or riffs around the bottom 3 strings. I use a Shure velcro cable tie I got with my headphones, but anything would work really. Try regular velcro ties or even a piece of tissue paper. This actually helps alot when recording palm mutes so the unwanted strings are muted.

 

[3tuxedo]

i feel kinda stupid, but do you just wrap it right around the neck? or do you do it up above the nut of the guitar? i tried it that way and it didn't seem to do much.

 

[DullElysium]

I'd guess you wrap it around the strings. Just guessing though. Never tried it.

 

[Scott Horner]

I think he is referring to actually wrapping it around the entire neck right around the nut. I was more thinking about just taping of the highest 3 strings when doing solo work.

 

[3tuxedo]

I think he is referring to actually wrapping it around the entire neck right around the nut. I was more thinking about just taping of the highest 3 strings when doing solo work.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23016439/IMAG0146.jpg

i tried to do that but did lower riffs and breakdown type work and this is what it looked like. im trying to be creative and come up with a better fastener than a clothes pin. cause that looks, well, ghetto.

 

[Branden Giraudy]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23016439/IMAG0146.jpg

i tried to do that but did lower riffs and breakdown type work and this is what it looked like. im trying to be creative and come up with a better fastener than a clothes pin. cause that looks, well, ghetto.

I would use a really small sock or piece of cloth, and lightly tape it around unnecessary strings so they aren't audible. Use a noise gate too, it helps. And with your method, you're basically holding down the strings with that pin.

And it's not about being or not being ghetto, it's about what will help your performance and make it the best possible!

Also dude, I replied to your PM, check it out!

 

[Joel4662]

Im ghetto and tie a tube sock around my headstock for leads, and duct-tape my high strings for "breakdowns"

 

[selke61]

I do this a lot. I get bands who chug way too far down the strings, so I use a hand cloth and stick it under the higher strings. (The high E, B, G, and D. I like my chugs on the 2 low strings.) Makes it way heavier and cleaner. When bands play sweeps or leads, I take the cloth and tie it around the first fret on the guitars neck, helps significantly!