How do I dampin ringing (screeching) strings when I palm mute on electric guitar??

[Adambomb]

I have a Jackson Mark Morton Dominion and I love it except one thing.... When I do choppy palm muted chords or metal chugging I get a bad ringing sound from the other strings. Sounds like screeching or ringing of other strings. I don't think it's feedback, just that the body is resonating so much that it vibrates the other stings. I try my best to deaden any string that I'm not playing when I'm playing but with this guitar it's hard to do because of the chambered body.

Any tips of advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[nmiller]

Sounds like your muting hand is at a node on the strings where it's creating harmonics instead of dampening. Try moving that hand around.

[HEAVENandHELL]

I've experienced something similar on my Les Paul and on my Ibanez (both with no locking nut). I took the suggestion of a local guitar guy and put a hair tie behind the nut, and between the strings and the headstock, so it was touching all the strings. Now when I mute with my picking hand, the strings don't give that faint ringing sound.

Good luck,

[buddastrat]

are you talking about the pinging behind the nut or sympathetic vibrations in the wood due to playing? If it's the latter, technique has a lot to do with it. try and mute every string not played at all times, with both hands. Any electric guitar needs this if you're playing at high volume/gain. A chambered or light weight ash body or something real hollow will really want to resonate or feedback on you with those sympathetic vibrations you're hearing.

Some players will even use pony tail ties up around the headstock on playing side (not tuner side) and I'd guess you'd lose open strings. But it'd stop the ring. I think it should be done with the hands as it takes more skill and playing guitar is about developing some of that!

But if you're hearing a pingy harmonic sort've sound, it could be you need more angle on the tuner side of the nut. A new nut or perhaps refiling the slot can fix it. or add a string tree.

[ohmslaw]

I have a Jackson Mark Morton Dominion and I love it except one thing.... When I do choppy palm muted chords or metal chugging I get a bad ringing sound from the other strings. Sounds like screeching or ringing of other strings. I don't think it's feedback, just that the body is resonating so much that it vibrates the other stings. I try my best to deaden any string that I'm not playing when I'm playing but with this guitar it's hard to do because of the chambered body.

Any tips of advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

If the guitar had a locking tremolo I would say the springs were the culprits but as it does not, you will just need to modify your technique until you find the right way to do it. The guitar is chambered but I don't see that as any issue. I am reasonably sure there is nothing wrong with the guitar but you still may wish to check for anything loose in the body cavities.

[GregoryL]

The above are good observations, one other thought is the problem could be microphonic pickups. The "screeching" you describe doesn't sound like technique or sympathetic string vibration. Not sure if it's a multi-pup guitar, but is the issue present with just the bridge pup?

[Adambomb]

The above are good observations, one other thought is the problem could be microphonic pickups. The "screeching" you describe doesn't sound like technique or sympathetic string vibration. Not sure if it's a multi-pup guitar, but is the issue present with just the bridge pup?

Yea, I'm pretty sure it only does it with the bridge pickup. I did put some cloth behind the nut of the headstock just to see if that was it and it helped a little but the ringings is still there when I do palm muted fast stops and such.

[A-Bone]

The above are good observations, one other thought is the problem could be microphonic pickups. The "screeching" you describe doesn't sound like technique or sympathetic string vibration. Not sure if it's a multi-pup guitar, but is the issue present with just the bridge pup?

this sounds like a good thing to check out -- especially given that it only happens with the bridge pick-up.