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LadyInTears
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because you need to work on playing cleanly.
its all in the fingers man~!!
its all in the fingers man~!!
EugeneSmasher
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You mean when you solo, the other strings make a lot of noise? If so you gotta work on your palm-muting technique. I think that palm-muting is a must for soloing and even arpeggios and single notes, especially when using distortion. Basically, you palm-mute the strings you're not playing. It takes practise but the idea is that you palm-mute the strings you're not playing so that they don't produce noise.
faekildare
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Use a harder/thicker pick. The pick your using is too thin. It's meant more for strumming than picking if i get you correctly..
theunknown
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from my understand of what u say, u are picking too hard. thats why there is the "tsktsk" sound when u pick. adrian smith mentioned this in a video that this technique separates him from dave murray, i think.
about the guitar muter, i think its the noise gate/surpressor/blabla? http://soft.com.sg/forum/guitar-fx-reviews/93357-boss-ns-2-a.html
if not, get a les paul, one pickup put mute. thats built in killswitch!! haha
about the guitar muter, i think its the noise gate/surpressor/blabla? http://soft.com.sg/forum/guitar-fx-reviews/93357-boss-ns-2-a.html
if not, get a les paul, one pickup put mute. thats built in killswitch!! haha
kerplunk182
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Hahaha SG also can killswitch what! Tzk.. Tzk... Tzk...
MutantBanana
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Noisegate?
PatheinRaindropMoe
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pick attack and picking dynamic, just google for the definition.
it has nothing to do with adding additional switches or noisegate to get rid of.
killswitch doesnt get rid of picking sound when one is playing the geetar.
noisegate doesnt get rid of pick attack when one is playing the geetar as well.
killswitch and noise gate are for other usage other then the problem threadstarter mentioned.
it has nothing to do with adding additional switches or noisegate to get rid of.
killswitch doesnt get rid of picking sound when one is playing the geetar.
noisegate doesnt get rid of pick attack when one is playing the geetar as well.
killswitch and noise gate are for other usage other then the problem threadstarter mentioned.
theunknown
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PatheinRaindropMoe:
i was addressing Eugenesmasher's "You mean when you solo, the other strings make a lot of noise?" after which i assume that mrforum answered with "ohhh, because my friend told me theres a guitar muter pedal or something." < this is about the noise gate. perhaps the killswitch is rather out of topic as it is for high gain settings to mute the guitar itself.
mrforum
yeap. agreed with PatheinRaindropMoe about picking dynamics. just forgot the term. haha. noise gate to cancel out minor unwanted noise from unintended strings or to keep the guitar quiet when not playing.
i was addressing Eugenesmasher's "You mean when you solo, the other strings make a lot of noise?" after which i assume that mrforum answered with "ohhh, because my friend told me theres a guitar muter pedal or something." < this is about the noise gate. perhaps the killswitch is rather out of topic as it is for high gain settings to mute the guitar itself.
mrforum
yeap. agreed with PatheinRaindropMoe about picking dynamics. just forgot the term. haha. noise gate to cancel out minor unwanted noise from unintended strings or to keep the guitar quiet when not playing.
MadWerewolfBoy
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Try lowering the gain, and use a compressor before all other pedals in ur chain.
For compressor, set the gain to slightly high and the attack settings make it slightly slower so the pick-hitting-sting sound doesn't get compressed but the note following it does. This way, you'll hear more of the note and less of the pick.. Try to relax the right hand when picking also unless a twang-slap sound is desired.
For compressor, set the gain to slightly high and the attack settings make it slightly slower so the pick-hitting-sting sound doesn't get compressed but the note following it does. This way, you'll hear more of the note and less of the pick.. Try to relax the right hand when picking also unless a twang-slap sound is desired.
I suggest really learning the intricacies of muting unsounding strings. Play unplugged, or with a acoustic, and try your best as you can to play as CLEARLY and CLEANLY and SWEETLY (you know what I mean) as possible. If it means playing seebeh slow, Play. But as long as it is clean, clear, and seebeh hoh.
What I mean is use your palm to mute at the bridge the strings on the bass side. But that don't mean when your playing on the high E you dont use that palm. Use it to cover 5 strings then... Also when you play, your fretting hand is extremely important in muting unwanted notes and strings. You could use any stray part of your fingers to mute a string when playing a chord, meaning just let the string touch your skin but not let it ring out at all, just a dull 'thuk thuk' when you pick on it. Or notice how Eric Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan macham fingers a chord but are only playing, or attacking, one note.
Tone is in your hands. Not the amount of money you spent. So learn correctly and learn well.
What I mean is use your palm to mute at the bridge the strings on the bass side. But that don't mean when your playing on the high E you dont use that palm. Use it to cover 5 strings then... Also when you play, your fretting hand is extremely important in muting unwanted notes and strings. You could use any stray part of your fingers to mute a string when playing a chord, meaning just let the string touch your skin but not let it ring out at all, just a dull 'thuk thuk' when you pick on it. Or notice how Eric Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan macham fingers a chord but are only playing, or attacking, one note.
Tone is in your hands. Not the amount of money you spent. So learn correctly and learn well.
pianomankris
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OK there will be two main issues causing this:
1) the only time the plectrum should ever make contact with the string is when you pick the new note. If the plectrum is against the string before you pick a note, the sound will cut off. These 'mini silences' are what makes a begginer's solo sound like a beginner soloing i.e. everything is disjointed and almost like a 'stutter'.
Practise making sure the plectrum isn't resting on the strings between notes.
2) When holding a plecturm, you shouldn't actually squeeze it. Your fingers should just support it rather than 'hold' it, if that makes sense. If you squeeze the plectrum, you will get a 'twang', as there is too much pull when you are picking. You will also end up doing step 1 when you squeeze the plectrum too tight.
To practise fixing this, support the plectrum between your fingers. Then ping it with your other hand. It should spin around or fall out of your hand. If it doesn't move, you are holding it too tight.
Try pushing down on the tip of it - if you are holding it 'loose', your thumb should move up. If you are holding it too tight, the plectrum will bend. This is bad, and what you want to avoid when making contact with the strings.
PS there is much more to this issue - but it always amazes me when players try to play fast/solo and don't know these things - the absolute basics. Try working on them and see how you get on. Like I said, there is more to it, but fix these things, then let me know.
-EDIT- sorry i'm just reading through everything in this thread. If you mean background noise i.e. sympathetic string vibration, then this is a different issue completely to the one I addressed lol
But it is still worth trying what I said and making sure this is under control, as it could be a combination of these things.
1) the only time the plectrum should ever make contact with the string is when you pick the new note. If the plectrum is against the string before you pick a note, the sound will cut off. These 'mini silences' are what makes a begginer's solo sound like a beginner soloing i.e. everything is disjointed and almost like a 'stutter'.
Practise making sure the plectrum isn't resting on the strings between notes.
2) When holding a plecturm, you shouldn't actually squeeze it. Your fingers should just support it rather than 'hold' it, if that makes sense. If you squeeze the plectrum, you will get a 'twang', as there is too much pull when you are picking. You will also end up doing step 1 when you squeeze the plectrum too tight.
To practise fixing this, support the plectrum between your fingers. Then ping it with your other hand. It should spin around or fall out of your hand. If it doesn't move, you are holding it too tight.
Try pushing down on the tip of it - if you are holding it 'loose', your thumb should move up. If you are holding it too tight, the plectrum will bend. This is bad, and what you want to avoid when making contact with the strings.
PS there is much more to this issue - but it always amazes me when players try to play fast/solo and don't know these things - the absolute basics. Try working on them and see how you get on. Like I said, there is more to it, but fix these things, then let me know.
-EDIT- sorry i'm just reading through everything in this thread. If you mean background noise i.e. sympathetic string vibration, then this is a different issue completely to the one I addressed lol
But it is still worth trying what I said and making sure this is under control, as it could be a combination of these things.
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jeffrey0603
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Try out different picks. I tried a jazzIII pick and got the wierd sound, then i tried tortex and the sound was lesser, but still there. I think thickness matters. All imo.
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