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Posted by: bama1 Aug 14 2007, 04:18 AM

I am on the one-on-one tapping lesson 1, when Im tapping the high e string there is sound coming from the other strings even when I tap and pull off dead center, how can I keep this from happing,I wont to learn and practice this the right way, smooth and clean,thanks????

Posted by: Xranthoius Aug 14 2007, 04:55 AM

i usually mute the strings with my fore-arm

Posted by: Salivtomte Aug 14 2007, 05:59 AM

Yeah. thats the trick, your right forearm and palm must rest on the strings above the string u are tapping, and good muting while tapping is probably the hardest thing wit tapping, so the good string muting comes with practise. I just got the hang of tapping and its a fun thing to practice

Posted by: bama1 Aug 16 2007, 03:17 AM

Thanks Xsanthoius & Salivtomte that is 100% better, time to start rockin now, thanks again.

Posted by: swingline Aug 16 2007, 03:36 AM

Do you have a whammy bar because that always adds string noise. No way around it its just one con of having one.

Posted by: bama1 Aug 16 2007, 04:28 AM

Yes I have one but its not on the guitar at this moment, its the type you take on and off and I have not used it since oweing the guitar, but thanks.

Posted by: swingline Aug 16 2007, 10:35 AM

It is not the bar that affects it, it is the concept of a "floating bridge". It picks up the vibrations and distributes it across all of the strings. Try this, hit the high E string and mute it in about half a second or so and you will hear noise coming off of all the strings after it is muted. It is one undesirable aspect of a "Floyd Rose" style bridge along with prolonged string change times, and string wear.

Posted by: bama1 Aug 17 2007, 04:01 AM

So do you think a new set of strings would help, If so how often sould I change them, I play fingerstyle acoustic guitar and I hardly have to change them, but I know the electric guitar is different and playing with a pick causes a lot of wear, I am totally new at playing the electric guitar so any help would be much appreciated,oh by the way my guitar is Ibanez rg350 dx and it dose have a floating bridge just as you had said, many thanks....

Posted by: swingline Aug 17 2007, 04:41 PM

Replacing the strings won't help you just have to learn to dampen the other strings somehow that is comfortable for you.