Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I have had my 360/12 for fifteen years but it is just now that I am noticing a very loud metallic ringing from the strings below the bridge to the tailpiece. Hit a chord hard, and you get this nasty ringing. I know it is the strings before the tailpiece because I can dampen them with a polishing cloth stuffed under the strings to get rid of this sound.

Must I play my beautiful Ric 360/12 with a polishing cloth stuffed under the strings?
How can I get rid of that ringing (it is loud in an amp)?
Do yours ring like mine?
What causes it?

Thanks.

There are several ways of damping the strings behind the bridge. The best are: using rubber grommets, which you can get at Radio Shack, between the strings (popular with mandolin players). Or, a less visible, esthetically pleasing solution, is to wedge a strip of felt between the strings and the portion of the R tailpiece that extends out over the strings.

I just tried your wedging a piece of felt between the 'R' tailpiece and the strings advice. Works fine. Oh, what a 27 cent piece of felt can do to help out a two thousand dollar guitar.
Thanks so much.