Whammy hardware resonance

[venreskiller4]

I was wondering if anybody encountered problems with their whammy hardware resonating with some of the notes from the strings?

I had problems with my Vendetta 4.0 bracket on the inside of the guitar (the one that has 2 wood screws and the springs attached to it). I didn't know what it was at first. All I knew was when I hit a C on the 3rd fret of the A string and immediately dampened it, the note would still be ringing out. It even got to the point where I was avoiding that particular note. I called Dean and they gave me very little help. At least they were more polite than Washburn. I was almost ready to get rid of the guitar. Then I took the back off and put my finger on this bracket which was vibrating like crazy. I taped a piece of cardboard to the bracket and between the space of the bracket and the body to dampen the resonance. I played the heck out of that C note with full distortion and killed the note; no more resonance! ;D The guitar sounded 100% better and I kept it. I hope this is helpful to someone who has a similar problem with their whammy set up.

That was the last thing I did before joining this forum. That's why I took the user name vensreskiller4. I killer the resonance on my Vendetta 4.0 and I was proud of it.

[loudguitar]

That was the last thing I did before joining this forum. That's why I took the user name vensreskiller4. I killer the resonance on my Vendetta 4.0 and I was proud of it.

Ha! I always wondered what your name meant

I have seen a similar problem on a guitar before, it can also be frustrating if a truss rod is a little rattly inside the neck, or if a piece of tuning machine hardware is just a little loose and rattles at a certain frequency.

I once had a lady bring in her nylon string guitar with a weird rattle that at first seemed to be a brace that was a little loose on the top. However, it was just where one of the strings was tied and just grazing the top behind the bridge. On one or two notes it would rattle terribly, and all it took was clipping the end of the string a little closer so it did not touch the top. Funny how little things like that can cause a major noise, and sometimes be a little tricky to track down!

[venreskiller4]

I have seen a similar problem on a guitar before, it can also be frustrating if a truss rod is a little rattly inside the neck, or if a piece of tuning machine hardware is just a little loose and rattles at a certain frequency.

I once had a lady bring in her nylon string guitar with a weird rattle that at first seemed to be a brace that was a little loose on the top. However, it was just where one of the strings was tied and just grazing the top behind the bridge. On one or two notes it would rattle terribly, and all it took was clipping the end of the string a little closer so it did not touch the top. Funny how little things like that can cause a major noise, and sometimes be a little tricky to track down! [/quote]

I have a Washburn with a Floyd copy that doesn't have this problem so it really threw me. Of course, you have been around a lot more guitars than me. I've never had the truss rod rattle. I just wonder why these companies like Washburn and Dean aren't more supportive of their customers. I'm cool with the fact that problems are bound to happen. They just need to back up their products and make things right. Guitars are not cheap!