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Old 02-02-2005, 07:35 PM
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This is driving me crazy. When I'm playing and I press down on a string it makes a clicking sound. Not sure if that makes sense. I've learned to throttle back a little on my right hand so I'm not clicking there but what the hell is going on with my left hand? Am I trying to press the string through the neck for some reason? Is it even anything to get wrapped up about?
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Old 02-02-2005, 09:33 PM
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How high are your pickups set? Are you perhaps pressing your strings down so that they are touching your pickups? That would produce a "click".
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Old 02-05-2005, 04:35 PM
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This is driving me crazy. When I'm playing and I press down on a string it makes a clicking sound. Not sure if that makes sense. I've learned to throttle back a little on my right hand so I'm not clicking there but what the hell is going on with my left hand? Am I trying to press the string through the neck for some reason? Is it even anything to get wrapped up about?
if you press too hard, it will click - it`s just metal hitting metal... while I think that a lil` bit of agressive aproach is needed in the plucking hand, to make the wood resonate fully, the LH should press the strings only as lightly as it`s needed - kepping the fingers curled, not waving them around, and med-low string action helps A LOT.
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