ritch12

Thanks for this info its a great help, i checked out the 3 finger technique and feel that is beyond me at this point, i feel quite natural using two fingers and using my ring finger for resting when needed. the thumb opinions are interesting, i might give floating thumb another go for a few days, i'll probably end up with something between floating and achoring. i'm all for dampening using my plucking hand, i feel restricted using my fretting hand to dampen. That could cause me problems when getting into slapping though so probably need to think about that??

I know stuff on muting has been posted a thousand times but there seems to be a thousand techniques to this. I need a bit of help on what I am trying to achieve here. I been playing bass for around a year and I didn’t realize the importance of good a muting technique until I started recording myself! I am self taught so have taken a few easy routes that involve not muting much with my plucking hand, apart from resting on the lower string with walking fingers. Anyway, the following common technique is what I am currently working on with my right plucking hand (I use a 4 string bass): - Thumb resting on pickup when playing E string Thumb resting on E string when playing A string Thumb resting on A string when playing D string Thumb resting on D string when playing G string When going from G string back to low E I use my ring finger to rest on the string I just played, I’m finding that a bit clumsy at the moment but it’s the only way I can seem to mute from higher tone to lower tone strings. Overall this seems to be the most natural way for me but I need to know if I’m going the right way with the thumb and ring finger muting before I start investing a shed load of time in this, is there a more efficient way? For some reason I’m not into floating thumb, I just don’t like the feel of it but resting can take more time to manoeuvre I’m starting to realise, I’m hoping practice will address that issue. I’m looking to get a really clear sound with my playing and am willing to invest a lot of time on it. I’d really appreciate any feedback on this. Ritch