Guitar Playing

[Daniel Martinez]

I’ve been having a problem with playing recently say for example I try soloing there’s distortion that is not supposed to be there or theres extra noise the guitar is making. I hope this is making sense but is there any advice to help ? Thanks

 

[idssdi]

My first thought is that it’s either due to a broken cable, something wrong with the ground of your guitar or amp(check where you plug in your amp and whether it’s grounded) or you’re close to the amp or maybe there’s something wrong with the cable. These are all relatively easy to check. When there’s something wrong with the wiring of the guitar it’s a bit more trickier to check yourself and I would advice to take it to a luthier.
I forgot to ask the most.important question. Does the guitar have humbuckers or single coils?

 

[Ed Seith]

There are possibilities at every step in your chain, so we would really need to HEAR something to be able to help!

 

[Dan Shipway]

Try getting a noise gate, useful to have in every rig. Even if it is not the solution to this problem in particular it a piece of kit that is invaluable.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Play a video so we can hear the static.

 

[Daniel Martinez]

My guitar has humbuckers but Ill get a video up when I can. I thought it was because of my playing being sloppy . But then again isnt a noise gate the same as compressor on an amp.

 

[Kfir Yaakovi]

If I’m not wrong, someone here also mentioned in another thread that due to weather changes, your strings might be lower than before and now every touch of your fingers can trigger noise, so you need to tune their height.
Maybe I’m talking nonsense but I remember some comment like this few weeks ago

 

[Ed Seith]

No, a noise gate is NOT a compressor. With a noise get, you set a threshold of volume. If what’s coming into the gate is of lower volume than the threshold, then it just CLOSES THE GATE and won’t let any sound through.
This is especially useful with high gain tones. I have mine tuned just so – when I turn the volume off on my guitar, that’s when it kicks in and silences EVERYTHING. Of course, with the AxeFX, I can put this AFTER the amp, so there’s no amp noise at all if I’m not playing.
If this noise is happening WHILE you’re playing, though, a noise gate won’t help, and I’m leaning more towards weather until you get the sounds posted for us.
@Kfir – ya, that was me, and it is a real possibility. Definitely wanted to hear what he was talking about before suggesting adjustment.

 

[Daniel Martinez]

What do you mean by tuning their height





This reply was modified 4 months, 3 weeks ago by  Daniel Martinez.

 

[Kfir Yaakovi]

I think it is also called string action.
It is the height of the strings from the fretboard. Heigher strings mean you need to press much further to make it sound