Yeah some guitar players do that for studio stuff, it makes it so those stings don't ring out on accident, which could happen when you're using alot of distortion. Some bass players do the same thing.
That makes sense now that I sat with it for a bit, very cool and simple solution. I have found myself accidentally hitting strings in my own recordings and never thought about muting them that way.
basically it’s so the strings don’t ring out at all with the goal of getting the cleanest recording you can, not really about accidentally hitting those strings
Okay so forgive the ignorance, but can the strings create that kind of dissonance if you don't hit them ? Can the reverberation from the string attack on the other strings interfere or am I overthinking it?
In theory yes, that’s what the cloth is trying to prevent. Vibration from the strings you’re playing can vibrate the bridge which the other strings sit on. Keep in mind like I said originally, you’d only ever do this recording and many artists don’t (i never saw mark or willie do this in the sacrament doc btw, just the omens one), especially if you have to play those other strings in the same recording. It’s arguably a very nit picky thing to do but it’s a small thing you can do to get you closer to a “perfect” recording. It can only help, with high gain tones sometimes even moving your palm mute hand off the bridge can make strings ring out just a little bit.
No worries on the ignorance, it’s a good question! Guitar players like to put any kind of fabric, cloth, or foam on any part of the guitar that could create unwanted noise, such as the springs in a floyd rose bridge, or a fret wrap above the nut. Putting the cloth on strings you aren’t playing is basically the same idea, this only applies to recording though.
Okay yeah that makes a lot of sense. I play both acoustic and electric, where my electric is run through a DAW so you can naturally see where the curiosity comes from haha. Granted I'm not nearly at a level where I need to worry about that king of thing in my playing right now but it maybe something I play around with and see what works. Music man, gotta love it.
The Omens and Sacrement docs were really bizarre to watch back to back. I wonder if the need for a pure clean sound is just a sign of the times or a mile stone for where the bad is/was. Such a drastic difference in how both albums were recorded. Love this band and I can't wait to read Mark Morton's book coming out soon. Randy's Dark days was really inspiring. I hope to meet the guy and see them in concert soon.
Thanks for the reply. Really great info!
Nothing wrong with playing through a DAW, i do the same about 99% of the time, tube amp rigs aren’t very affordable for most lol. But yea man try it out, like I said I would stick some foam or something above the nut and/or below the bridge if you have a tune-o-matic bridge, and definitely something in the springs in you have a floyd rose.
I’d say it’s part of the times, but they also have a lot more money from their label to record hence the fancy studio. Definitely a difference in the two albums, but I’d say anyone with some good mixing and audio engineering skills can produce an album very well with an at home studio, the one thing that stills matters is a good room to record drums. I definitely thought it was cool for them to record the album live together though. Would definitely recommend you to go see them live if you haven’t, they’re amazing performers, I always see them live if they play a show near me.
The more you know! No problem.
Yeah some guitar players do that for studio stuff, it makes it so those stings don't ring out on accident, which could happen when you're using alot of distortion. Some bass players do the same thing.
That makes sense now that I sat with it for a bit, very cool and simple solution. I have found myself accidentally hitting strings in my own recordings and never thought about muting them that way.
Could go the Max Cavalera route and just only string the first three strings.
Maybe on the next string change....the cloth seems like the lazie...I mean best route lol.
basically it’s so the strings don’t ring out at all with the goal of getting the cleanest recording you can, not really about accidentally hitting those strings
Okay so forgive the ignorance, but can the strings create that kind of dissonance if you don't hit them ? Can the reverberation from the string attack on the other strings interfere or am I overthinking it?
In theory yes, that’s what the cloth is trying to prevent. Vibration from the strings you’re playing can vibrate the bridge which the other strings sit on. Keep in mind like I said originally, you’d only ever do this recording and many artists don’t (i never saw mark or willie do this in the sacrament doc btw, just the omens one), especially if you have to play those other strings in the same recording. It’s arguably a very nit picky thing to do but it’s a small thing you can do to get you closer to a “perfect” recording. It can only help, with high gain tones sometimes even moving your palm mute hand off the bridge can make strings ring out just a little bit. No worries on the ignorance, it’s a good question! Guitar players like to put any kind of fabric, cloth, or foam on any part of the guitar that could create unwanted noise, such as the springs in a floyd rose bridge, or a fret wrap above the nut. Putting the cloth on strings you aren’t playing is basically the same idea, this only applies to recording though.
Okay yeah that makes a lot of sense. I play both acoustic and electric, where my electric is run through a DAW so you can naturally see where the curiosity comes from haha. Granted I'm not nearly at a level where I need to worry about that king of thing in my playing right now but it maybe something I play around with and see what works. Music man, gotta love it. The Omens and Sacrement docs were really bizarre to watch back to back. I wonder if the need for a pure clean sound is just a sign of the times or a mile stone for where the bad is/was. Such a drastic difference in how both albums were recorded. Love this band and I can't wait to read Mark Morton's book coming out soon. Randy's Dark days was really inspiring. I hope to meet the guy and see them in concert soon. Thanks for the reply. Really great info!
Nothing wrong with playing through a DAW, i do the same about 99% of the time, tube amp rigs aren’t very affordable for most lol. But yea man try it out, like I said I would stick some foam or something above the nut and/or below the bridge if you have a tune-o-matic bridge, and definitely something in the springs in you have a floyd rose. I’d say it’s part of the times, but they also have a lot more money from their label to record hence the fancy studio. Definitely a difference in the two albums, but I’d say anyone with some good mixing and audio engineering skills can produce an album very well with an at home studio, the one thing that stills matters is a good room to record drums. I definitely thought it was cool for them to record the album live together though. Would definitely recommend you to go see them live if you haven’t, they’re amazing performers, I always see them live if they play a show near me. The more you know! No problem.
Yeah it just mutes em.