This just me?

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.

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Unread post by PureDaveAddict » Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:59 pm

When I try to rhythmically mute while strumming, I tend to let up on the strings and strum. Is this just me and what other ways are there to mute?
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Unread post by mbgreen » Sat Apr 26, 2003 4:04 pm

It depends on the sound youre looking for, really. I do what you're talking about sometimes, but for dave songs I tend to leave the chord fretted and exaggerate my strum on the strings that are muted (usually the bottom two or three) to get that slap sound while keeping the chord ringing clean. Muting is really cool, because there's so much you can do with it and there are a variety of ways to accomplish it.
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Unread post by billywestom » Sat Apr 26, 2003 4:20 pm

PureDaveAddict wrote:When I try to rhythmically mute while strumming, I tend to let up on the strings and strum. Is this just me and what other ways are there to mute?
that is usually the way that i mute...i always pull up just enough to make the mute, so i can push back down again if i have to
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