Stopping floyd rose spring reverb!

[WarOfAttrition]

I didn't know how to search for it but can somebody please help me? When I am playing my guitar the springs in the back cavity make this echo and it is really annoying! The springs keep rattling too.

 

[Greatoliver]

You can use foam to prevent them from moving. I think also wrapping insulating tape around then works as well. Essentially, anything that will stop them vibrating would work!

 

[vanhendrix]

Yeah I always cut out a piece of foam and stick it in the back cavity. I also use a smaller piece of the same foam to deaden the strings behind the nut. Cuts down the amount of feedback you'll have in a big way

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Place a piece of electrical tape over each spring.

 

[ibanezcollector]

stick cotton inside the springs themselves, not on top, you can use foam too this will dampen them better then anything laying on top of them. Plus its cleaner you can remove the springs etc with out anything falling out etc.

 

[butch]

Noiseless Springs [ANS0001] - $9.95 : FloydUpgrades.com!, Floyd Rose Tremolo Upgrades

 

[WarOfAttrition]

Thanks heaps dudes!

 

[thrill74]

All these are great, and I've used the foam and cotton. Via uses Kleenex I believe.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I used the tape method on my Strat. Worked like a charm.

 

[thedarkoceans]

I'm having THE SAME problem,the kind of reverb after i play (i mostly hear it when i'm playing without amp) so,i'll be putting the tape,but also,for guitars that have a string retainer bar (like my RG7420) where should i put the foam after the nut? before or after the string retainer?

 

[Greatoliver]

I'm having THE SAME problem,the kind of reverb after i play (i mostly hear it when i'm playing without amp) so,i'll be putting the tape,but also,for guitars that have a string retainer bar (like my RG7420) where should i put the foam after the nut? before or after the string retainer?

Put it inbetween the tuners and the retainer - the distance between the retainer and the nut is so small, and there is little sympathetic ringing.

I have just stuck foam under the strings there.

 

[ArrowHead]

Noiseless Springs [ANS0001] - $9.95 : FloydUpgrades.com!, Floyd Rose Tremolo Upgrades

Shit, thank you. Haven't seen those before.

Anyone used these? Do they work?

 

[Greatoliver]

Shit, thank you. Haven't seen those before.

Anyone used these? Do they work?

I think they work, but there are much cheaper options.

 

[jarnozz]

rubber bands as a mailguy i have like a thousand of those things laying around my housexD

 

[theo]

I use noiseless springs, they are pretty sweet.

 

[pushpull7]

Dingy me, I thought that was supposed to add to the sound!



On a serious note, none of these mess with tuning or such?

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

On a serious note, none of these mess with tuning or such?

No effect on tuning whatsoever. You're just muting the springs.

 

[damigu]

i cut out strips of old mousepads and put them into the hollow core of the springs. it kills vibration fast, but doesn't pinch in the springs as you whammy (like foam and cotton does), so it doesn't affect the action or tuning at all.

 

[thrill74]

All these are great, and I've used the foam and cotton. Via uses Kleenex I believe.

Vai, not Via.

 

[Rev2010]

Wouldn't cotton and Kleenex type solutions get caught in between the springs when they stretch and compress? I've been planning on getting the noiseless springs myself, just haven't gotten around to ordering them.


Rev.