ras52 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I was experimenting with foam under the bridge... I cut a [i]rectangular cuboid[/i] from one of these: and got some quite nice sounds, but they're a bit squidgy and I'd call the effect "soft dampening" rather than "muting". What would you recommend for that real sixties thud? Cheers Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1327263574' post='1508608'] I was experimenting with foam under the bridge... I cut a [i]rectangular cuboid[/i] from one of these: and got some quite nice sounds, but they're a bit squidgy and I'd call the effect "soft dampening" rather than "muting". What would you recommend for that real sixties thud? Cheers Richard [/quote] Differnet materials give different results. My preferences are mouse mat, or the stuff that goes underneath pickups, or a Mufler like this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I use cut up pieces from a mouse mat too. Sounds great to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydye Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I've just added a piece cut from an old cot mattress and it sounds perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I just bought one of those 'Muflers' from eBay - hoping it'll do a better job than my mousemat! Ideally you want something that arcs with the varying height of the strings, not sure if this item does but will find out soon. I also enquired to the manufacturer of the Bassmute about prices and how to order etc but they never got back to me, then I found that cheapo Mufler and they may have lost a sale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1327263779' post='1508609'] Differnet materials give different results. My preferences are [b]mouse mat, or the stuff that goes underneath pickups[/b], or a Mufler like this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e6831ff7a[/url] [/quote] Oddly enough when I needed to renew the stuff under my pickup, I cut up an old mouse mat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1327424210' post='1511005'] Oddly enough when I needed to renew the stuff under my pickup, I cut up an old mouse mat! [/quote] Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebCarr Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I've seen old Jazz Bass mutes were felt, and looked like piano dampers. Sounded great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 You can buy felt stick-on discs for furniture used on wood/laminate floors. I would think they would be quite good. Cheap too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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