How do you do this properly?
When I try, the volume knob gets in the way.
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Joined: Mar 23, 2011 Posts: 518 colorado springs |
How do you do this properly? |
Joined: May 04, 2014 Posts: 734 |
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Joined: Mar 23, 2011 Posts: 518 colorado springs |
Good idea. Will have to try that |
Joined: Jul 13, 2008 Posts: 774 |
Also...we'll be back at the Rosie's Diner Car Show on July 28, and if you're able to stop by, I'll be happy to show you what I do when palm muting. |
Joined: Mar 23, 2011 Posts: 518 colorado springs |
fenderfan wrote:
Cool...will see if I can stop by again! |
Joined: Mar 23, 2011 Posts: 518 colorado springs |
fenderfan wrote:
Cool...will see if I can stop by again! |
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horax wrote:
I replaced the volume knob with some thing much smaller (the "top" knob off a stacked knob setup). It makes a difference but isn't perfect. The Spiratones - Instro/Surf from the rain-soaked north-northwest of England |
Joined: Jul 14, 2015 Posts: 472 Near Atlanta, GA |
I have a Squier standard stratocaster that had a very low friction volume knob that I kept hitting. Any time I touched it, it would move and change the volume. I solved the problem, with a solution I found online, by pulling off the knob and then cutting a piece of packing foam to the diameter of the knob, punched a hole in the center and put it on the pot shaft under the knob. It will turn easy when I want to adjust my volume, but has enough friction to ignore incidental touches. It now stays put until I want to change the volume. —-Tim |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3738 North Atlantic |
I just raise my pinky above the volume knob when I am palm muting the higher strings on my strat. I never had to consciously think about it...it just evolved that way. —Canadian Surf |
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Gilette wrote:
Sorry, but I don't get it, can you explain this in more detail? —Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3738 North Atlantic |
I just raise my pinky above the volume knob when I am palm muting the higher strings on my strat. I never had to consciously think about it...just evolved that way. Rev —Canadian Surf |
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Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 897 Berlin, Germany |
Ah, thanks for the explanation! —Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
Joined: Nov 08, 2017 Posts: 356 San Francisco Bay Area |
I came upon something the other day that might work for muting high strings. Hold your picking hand in a loose fist. Mute the strings with the skin on your pinky between the 1st and 2nd knuckles. I'd have to practice this a lot to make it work well, but maybe it's worth a try. —If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. |