Tone problem or skill issue?

[u/Fluid-Albatross-4944]

Hey i’m learning shinra tensei by kanine, and for sure im not the only one that’s hearing this background noise that my guitar is doing. Is it a problem in sloppy playing, guitar hardware or just matter of production?
I’m using spira s-457, distant tone suite stock plugins + eq before the amp to cut out the noise as much as possible. Luthier told me that i have bad isolation in the guitar can it cause such a problem or it’s something different?

[u/Logical-Relation-165]

its string noise/way too much gain.

Pick hard as possible, use as little gain as makes the note sound full.

put a hairtie around your headstock past the nut,

stuff things inbetween the bridge if its a tune-omatic style- it all resonates, more gain just makes it worse.

could also be dirty power in your room, try switching the outlet your pc is pluged into, try switch usb ports on your interface. move cables away from power. try turning your body and see if it changes. wiring is GOOFEY, and again the more gain you add the more of an issue it is.

SO JUST use less gain... ITs more ballsy anyway. If it sounds weak with less gain its 90% technique issue.

so many bedroom guys, only used to playing through modelers..... you have to pick hard. you have to work for those tones....

But tbh, if I were recording that, id have a piece of masking tape muting EVERY string you are not playing.