Apologies if this is a obvious question, but are there any particular techniques or products people use for damping the ringing strings behind the bridge on 330 or 360?

I mean, ringing is what a rick is all about, obviously, but there are times when I want the strings to stop dead without any after ring.

Howdy,

I always remove the bridge cover on my Rickenbackers. Palm-muting is easy that way. Good luck!

I find it's easy to palm mute with the bridge cover, but prefer it off for several reasons:

1. It's easier to change strings.

2. It looks better.

3. The sound is a bit more open, chimey, and airy.

4. My hand is used to other bridge styles, so it's easier to play.

All guitars with a tailpiece will produce that ringing behind the bridge. Good thing about a Ric is that the ringing is easily blunted with no change to the look of the guitar.

On some guitars I just stuff a polishing cloth under those strings behind the bridge. Looks terrible. A cool way of doing it is to weave a dollar bill through the strings. Looks cooler than a polishing cloth.

With a Ric it is easy and neat. Just cut yourself a strip of black felt about three inches long and a quarter inch wide. Weave that between the strings and slide it down to the top of R tailpiece. The felt will fit underneath the front of the R tailpiece and be completely out of sight. That annoying ringing is now gone and the guitar looks the same.

Well, there are those who would embrace that aspect of the guitar, though. Kevin Shields certainly did.

Oh, I do love the ringing. Normally. I've got a DeArmond which does the same. But there's times when ringing isn't appropriate.

I'm liking the idea of a strip of velvet wrapped around the strings. Very decadent!

Also looking forward to trying the bridge cover off!