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Are there any bridges out therer with a built in mute. Rockenbacker and ernie ball have them. are there any others. I'm sourcing parts for a precision build and would definitely be needing some muting capacity. In Holland you have Elio Martin guitars that sell The Bass Mute, but I get no reply to my emails.

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I guarantee you will be disappointed by the GruvGear thing. Completely [i]inconsistent [/i]dampening.

I've got foam under my Gruvgear to hold it in the right place and a clip to hold it closed, clamping the strings, and it's still rubbish.
I bought mine, as an experiment, thinking it's probably rubbish but you never know.
However, the experiment would be pointless unless I tell everyone else it's a crappy solution to your problem.

I've been trying to play jazz on bass guitar but instead I've just spent my whole playing with this stupid, glorified gypsy clothes peg.

[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1439506879' post='2843519']
Would this be an option?

[url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/accessories-c2/string-muters-c63/gruv-gear-gruv-gear-fump-bass-bridge-muter-dampener-p10306"]http://www.stringsdi...dampener-p10306[/url]
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There's a Fender Custom Shop P-Bass which has the mute mechanism from a Jaguar guitar installed, and Jaguar mute kits are quite easily obtainable. I've seen threads about this over on that other bass forum: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/installing-a-jaguar-mute-on-a-p-bass.1021488/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/installing-a-jaguar-mute-on-a-p-bass.1021488/[/url]

It looks quite neat but you do have to drill holes.

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There's a kit available from Allparts to add a mute to a Fender vintage bridge - needs the bridge cover, mind
[url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/genuine-fender-62-vintage-bass-bridge-string-mute-kit"]http://www.allparts....string-mute-kit[/url]

and they have the parts for the Jaguar kit mentioned above
http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/mute-rocker-plate-for-american-vintage-jaguar-genuine-fender

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[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1445349414' post='2890761']
There's a kit available from Allparts to add a mute to a Fender vintage bridge - needs the bridge cover, mind
[url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/products/genuine-fender-62-vintage-bass-bridge-string-mute-kit"]http://www.allparts....string-mute-kit[/url]
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That sounds like a Fender Jazz vintage mutes. Unfortunately no pic.

Vintage Precision mutes were glued under the bridge cover.

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[quote name='Gnermo' timestamp='1445370356' post='2891040']
Ellio Martina isn't out of business, he lives 5 minutes from my house, but I doubt he knows how to use a computer. Guy is old school.
If you're interested I can call him and find out of he has some availible.
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That's good but I've heard several people saying they get no response over the years ... but the site is updated for 2015 LBGS.

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Alright, he serviced one of my basses (new nut and a general checkup) a few months back. But I guess those several people are right :)
You can also shoot [font="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"][size="2"][font="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica"][size="2"][email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] an email, he's a dealer and co creator.[/size][/font][/size][/font]

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[quote name='Bloc Riff Nut' timestamp='1439503354' post='2843489']
Are there any bridges out therer with a built in mute. Rockenbacker and ernie ball have them. are there any others. I'm sourcing parts for a precision build and would definitely be needing some muting capacity. In Holland you have Elio Martin guitars that sell The Bass Mute, but I get no reply to my emails.
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Fender Mustang (though it's a very similar concept to the Musicman one). A chunk of foam rubber also does the trick - I've used those scouring pads before also (scourer one side and sponge the other) - careful with your bass finish though - when I used one I put it on for certain tracks only and it's easy to put it in the wrong way up and scratch the bass....

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