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Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:15 am
by cheyenne
Huh? These things have a mute?
I never use them.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:44 am
by heinpete
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:53 pm
by bluewhale
I don't use it, but I like it being there anyway.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:05 pm
by thisismusicinc
I use it some times on my v63, it's been especially useful while recording.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:17 am
by s4001
You mean the palm of my right hand? Occasionally.
Oh, I also use the mute bolts for a rest, too. So I guess I do use it.
I wonder if the foam would make a good fishing bob...
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:59 pm
by DavyR
I use my palm to mute nearly all the time with ALL my basses and tear at the strings a bit. This adds punch and compression, and eliminates some of the unwanted overtones especially with round wound strings. This allows you to control the sustain and to let strings ring out when desired. By using the palm mute I also have moved more and more towards round wound strings. This palm muting happened instinctively over the years. I tried the RIC mute in the past but could not get even contact pressure across all 4 strings.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:35 pm
by Ivan3000
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:31 pm
by weemac
IvanMunoz wrote:MUTE CLUB! 
It will be a quiet club.......
emac.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:43 pm
by jps
weemac wrote:IvanMunoz wrote:MUTE CLUB!
It will be a quiet club.......
emac.
I can't figure out why Ivan is so talkative...........
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:09 pm
by Ivan3000
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:45 pm
by aceonbass
First rule of MUTE CLUB......No one talks about mute club.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:41 pm
by cjj
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:38 am
by ricaddic
Never use it, I use the palm mute method..
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:20 am
by rikk
Never use the mute....or the tone, volume or pickup selector switch. Everything is on 11 all the time.
Re: HOW MANY RRF BASS PLAYERS USE THE MUTE?
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:24 am
by Remo
YZZ wrote:I've used it a couple of times but i like to be able to control my sound.
Switching between muting the tone or not (i like some notes to ring) but it's impossible under one song so i just figured it's a lot easier to use palm mute instead.
So.. i don't use it and probably never will.
I do the same.
WHAT MUTE??? 