Very annoying tail sound when blocking strings with the left hand [Samples inside]

[Mr Pringles]

Hi,

It's been some time since I played on my PRS Custom 24, and I just noticed that when I play on a high gain amp, I play a chord and then block the strings from vibrating with my left hand, there is a very annoying trail sound coming from I-don't-know-what.

My Jackson doesn't do this annoying sound as you can hear on these 2 clips:
http://soundcloud.com/podxt1/sets/prs-vs-jackson

Can it be related to the buzzing strings?? I don't think so but here's a thread I created some days ago about these buzzing strings:
http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?1158-My-strings-are-buzzing-like-hell&p=15565#post15565

If you have any idea, thanks for letting me know, I will have to record some guitars in 2 days and I would like to use the PRS instead of the Jackson.

 

[swede71]

Tremolosprings

 

[swede71]

 

[Mr Pringles]

I guess you're spot on, I'll try that and see what happens. Just opened the back the guitar to have a look at the springs and are they supposed to be curved like that? Not 100% tightened?

 

[rugerpc]

I guess you're spot on, I'll try that and see what happens. Just opened the back the guitar to have a look at the springs and are they supposed to be curved like that? Not 100% tightened?

If your tremolo is working properly, your springs are fine. Don't worry about the curve - that is just a result of the geometry of the way the ends are shaped to meet the fixed block. Don't try to reshape the springs to straighten them out. And don't shorten them - it is counterintuitive, but that actually makes them stiffer.

Just use one of the damping techniques swede71 shows above.