Muting

So you're amazed as to how Dave's rhythm guitar slaps and strums so "perfectly"...but you can't. Ask all things about Dave and his guitars here.

Moderators: onid41, jkanter

Post Reply
ModestMouse2003
Posts: 74
Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2002 10:06 pm
Location: rapid city SD
Contact:
Contact ModestMouse2003

Unread post by ModestMouse2003 » Wed Feb 26, 2003 12:47 am

dammit, i always have trouble with OSW's repeated verse. oh well practice will help

and i use my right hand




(cause im a lefty)

i might also add finding a lefty guitar is a bitch. i went to this bad ass guitar shop in Minneapolis, MN it mostly Taylors and Martins, very nice store, and since ive never played either I wanted to, but they didnt have 1 lefty.
anna kournikova, that is all i have to say.
Top
User avatar
gcom007
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 4336
Joined: Tue Oct 01, 2002 8:27 am
Location: Beverly Hills, Michigan
Contact:
Contact gcom007

Unread post by gcom007 » Wed Feb 26, 2003 2:20 am

muting makes or breaks a guitar player...I swear...it's the biggest thing that people just downright suck at...
-Elliot
--President of nDMB Discussion

http://www.myspace.com/ElliotRyanLive

March 28, 2004: The nDMBc Revolucion!!!

I retired from messing around on here...now I'm just around...every now and again...saying stupid stuff...like this...
Top
two steps too many
Posts: 95
Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2003 9:06 pm
Location: Vancouver
Contact:
Contact two steps too many

Unread post by two steps too many » Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:43 am

mbgreen wrote:I use my left if I want to pretend someone else is doing it, and my right if I want...Oh, wait.

We're not talking about that, are we?
i'm on mushrooms and u tripped me out
Top
User avatar
ryopan
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2730
Joined: Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:12 pm
Location: midland tx usa

Unread post by ryopan » Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:15 am

muting sucks. that is why i choose not to do it. call it artistic liscense. call it lack of ability. call it what you will.
ryan.
-Ryan-

Listen to your friend Billy Zane....
Top
User avatar
mbgreen
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 11639
Joined: Thu Oct 03, 2002 1:49 pm
Political views: Whatever is convenient at the moment.
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": The dishes are done, man.
Location: NJ. Not by choice.

Unread post by mbgreen » Wed Feb 26, 2003 1:40 pm

gcom007 wrote:muting makes or breaks a guitar player...I swear...it's the biggest thing that people just downright suck at...
I totally agree...Im just now sort of getting to the stage where I can try and work on that as opposed to general bullshit, and its damn hard.
- Michael

"Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash."
Top
User avatar
madtadder
DMBTabs.com Council
Posts: 623
Joined: Sat Nov 09, 2002 1:48 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contact:
Contact madtadder

Unread post by madtadder » Wed Feb 26, 2003 2:46 pm

gcom007 wrote:muting makes or breaks a guitar player...I swear...it's the biggest thing that people just downright suck at...
welcome back, AGAIN, elliot. getting excited for saturday?
-Taddie

"Let's strip down, trip out at this, one night's love starts with a kiss..."
dmb shows <-- go here to listen to dmb concerts.
Top
User avatar
Pickles
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 40159
Joined: Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:39 pm
Random movie quote to make you seem hip and "with it": I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it.
Location: FL

Unread post by Pickles » Wed Feb 26, 2003 3:03 pm

i have some trouble with muting.. that trouble is warehouse..
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
Top
User avatar
djs488
Posts: 83
Joined: Sun Nov 24, 2002 10:14 pm
Location: Baltimore, MD

Unread post by djs488 » Wed Feb 26, 2003 7:50 pm

so, is muting using you left, and trapping using your right? is trapping when you brush your had across as you strum? cuz i can do that.
"Roll over rover, and let Jimi take over!" - Jimi Hendrix
Top
User avatar
gravedigger
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 2222
Joined: Sun Oct 27, 2002 4:16 pm
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact:
Contact gravedigger

Unread post by gravedigger » Wed Feb 26, 2003 8:18 pm

djs488 wrote:so, is muting using you left, and trapping using your right? is trapping when you brush your had across as you strum? cuz i can do that.
yeah, I think you have it, djs. there's also palm muting with the right hand which is like trapping only not a complete trap. you're strumming but your muting the strings just a little with your right hand to get cool effect. When I play Don't drink the water, I trap and palm mute on the verses.

Warehouse is mostly left hand muting but he also throws in some right hand slaps on some beats every now and then. when he plays solo, he always has that back beat going with his percussive slaps. Then there's also chickas (term coined by dmbfanjason) which are quick strums of the left hand muted strings. you here them in the acoustic version of Fool To Think from 10.24.02 and before the jam in LIOG in acoustic versions.
good, and you?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Dave's Guitar Discussion”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 151 guests