why to put tapes on the strings?

[Massili]

i watched a video of a band tracking guitars and noticed they put some pieces of tapes over the high strings, ok that's i know why .. but why to put tapes (or anything else) behind/under (?) the bridge (tune-o-matic / Thru-body) and on the headstock, behind the nut?

sry for my english i dont know how to describe some specifics terms

 

[Polpotkin]

They mute the strings they don't play, to avoid noise from them... Meshuggah does this all the time

I use to tie a sock/towel around the neck when i'm tracking solos with no open strings...

 

[Ermz]

String-thru guitars tend to have high pitched resonance under palm muting. Deadening the strings behind the bridge reduces this.

It can be very annoying to play an extremely tight rhythm take and hear a slight 'eeEEEEEeee' at the end of each 'chug'.

 

[Massili]

Polpotkin
do you tie the sock/towel around the headstock, just behind the nut?

Moonlapse
thx for the explanation!!!

 

[chadsxe]

I did it simply to avoid and noise from those strings. Missed picking and fretting noise...

 

[brandy]

Hehe, Socks and Tape are my favorit for during tracking guitar! )

 

[Massili]

i was curious about deadning the strings on the bridge and headstock

 

[Jackal_Strain]

simply to avoid ringing noise.

 

[sparkyness]

hairbands work wonders too.

 

[Flat Fifth Fury]

I put a wedge of foam under the strings behind my TOM bridge when recording rhythms to deaden them. I don't tape the high strings because I end up using them alot during rhythm tracking.

 

[Deathbound]

Is it stanard procedure to use tape and hairbands and similar stuff when tracking heavy rythm guitars? I thought it was more of something you used under special circumstances, but that doesn't seem to be the case?

 

[theblackmoon]

I use it ´cause I´m on a hair metal band!

WTf dude?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Wow. I have never heard of this or seen it myself. Cool thanks guys! I thought you just had to play better!

 

[Wolfeman]

Wow. I have never heard of this or seen it myself. Cool thanks guys! I thought you just had to play better!

Nah even the pros do it. Or maybe they just suck that bad too lol.

 

[JeffTD]

I actually hate that ringing noise so much that I ALWAYS tape behind the bridge and above the nut when I restring.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I use a bandana and wrap it on the 2 high strings

 

[Dawn Patrol]

My springs tend to make a lot of noise, which mean I have to tape them. Anyone knows any springs covered with plastic or rubber or something that makes them deadsounding?

 

[LSD-Studio]

just put a papertowel or similar under the springs

 

[carl@laruso.com]

micropore tape on trem springs is a god send.... cant stand that bassy weeeerrr on sharp stabs ....

C

 

[Torniojaws]

String-thru guitars tend to have high pitched resonance under palm muting. Deadening the strings behind the bridge reduces this.

It can be very annoying to play an extremely tight rhythm take and hear a slight 'eeEEEEEeee' at the end of each 'chug'.

Heh, I personally like the sound it makes It's quite characteristic and interesting