I'm trying to cut out a lot of unwanted noise and overtones to make my sound a little tighter, I am wondering what I can use to put under the strings above the nut to cut out any unwanted resonance from the strings.
Or the velcro strips to tie together cables. I picked up a length of that from the hardware store that was cut-to-size and I wrap it around the strings.
If you notice a lot of big artists have foam behind there to dampen the string noise like Stef & Dino for example... all it is, is Air Conditioner Insulation Foam Tape cut into small strips.
I've bought quite abit of emg pickups and they all come with foam in the box. It's perfect, I use it behind the nut and around the spring's on my Floyd rose guitars.
^This. I currently have the same thing on my splatter finished 7-string because of the same issue. For some reason, this is the only guitar that makes noise like that, in a C w/ low G tuning. All the other ones I have are fine. But if you don't have any foam from the EMG's, then something like the the AC insulation foam works good too. Try and use foam and not the tape, as certain adhesives and glues are harder to remove from finishes than others.
I just put electrical and tape it on there, works fairly well, i'd rather get foam or something though
