Recently, after a recording session, I listened to the "oh so familiar pick click" associated with the pick striking the scalloped area beneath my fret board.
My style of playing, finds me digging down between the strings on some songs and the nuisance clicking begins. #I've tried felt, though I found it looked tacky and wore out rapidly. #The felt needed to be glued on to the fingerboard, and each time I would replace it, I had to clean up the scalloped area of glue.
The other day, while in my tool room, I happened across some type of self adhesive weatherstriping. #It was 1" wide and 1/8th inch thick rubber type material, sandwiched between an adhesive cover plastic and a clear shiny outer soft plastic. #I cut out a piece to fit my scallop and tore off the backing, exposing the self adhesive. #I carefully placed the new material, which has a smooth plastic like covering exposed with the resilient rubber sandwiched between. #I placed it under the strings and onto the scallop area. Didn't look too bad! After playing a few tunes, I was amazed at how well it performed. #No more clicking...and a bonus....It keeps me from digging to far below the strings, and if I do, the rubber gently cushions the blow from my pick. The shiny plastic exposed to the pick does not seem to show pick marks like most plastic would. The outer plastic makes the scalloped area look shiny black, much like a pickguard.#
I will test it for a week or two and report back. #I am not sure what the rubber stripping came from, so I will need to explore that avenue as well.
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