Guitar ---> Palm Muting

[Hurly91]

A couple of tabbed songs I try playing on guitars need PM ( palm muting )


The only problem is that when I try to PM, it stops doing any song when I hit strings.......

I think I'm not putting my hand at right place or right way.......

Help me please!


( Pictures would be good but words are ok too )

[BlindMansTicket]

Try not applying so much pressure to the strings.

[xDBD]

right where the bridge ends and the actual strings start is where you want to rest your palm to get a good 'chunk' technique

[viperdude]

u want ur hand alittle bit past the bridge so that u still hear the note played but it sounds chuncky. this is a little tricky at first but once u get the hang of it its not so bad

[Hurly91]

Ok..... when I do like xDBD said, I have to stretch end to strike cuz there is my ''humbucker'' pickup there..... =/


See my guitar here!

[xDBD]

I am not sure what your problem is. Try this: http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/palm.../index.php

If you don't get it after that i'm pretty sure nothing but hardcore practice(and not the internet) will fix it

[Hurly91]

Thx dude.......

I've read it and it helped me a lot....... Didn't tried it on my guitar yet but I think it's gonna work......

:guitarist

[unknowndrummer6]

ya how long have u been playing guitar? and by the way that guitar u have sux..... now ive built guitars and know wut is good and wut is crappy...... the pick ups dont give good tone or distortion ( just liek the stand strat u have to change them) its only good if u are a begginer and dont care if it sounds good....i suggest u build ur own or buy a les paul.... and if u play heavy metal or hardcore i suggest u get a jackson ( randy rhoads1)

[Fuggle]

Les Pauls cost WAY too much.

[zakdud]

put ure hand at the end of the guitar

[Deadlyy-Guy]

i have a fender strat squire and i love it. even tho i'm not a big guitar player my dad has been in a band since he was 16 he's 48 now self taught and can light those strings up. he got me my guitar (well he's bought me more than one) but that was the best one he got me. he uses a telecaster and a taylor acoustic/electric. i have a takamine acoustic and a crappy bass but it came with the amp i bought so it was a good deal. and as far as palm muting goes i can't do it to save my life, but i'm a bass guy so i dunno. i don't do alot of metal either.

[[The Reaper]]

I don't understand how you can't palm mute. Something must be wrong with your guitar because its not anything complicated. Maybe you're putting your hand too far away from the bridge?

[Deadlyy-Guy]

i can't do it because i choose not to learn how to do it i dunno what the other guys problem is tho...

[[The Reaper]]

yeah I'm saying that how can he not even do it at all? I have an epi lp slash sig and a strat and I have to say its a bit easier on the lp than the strat though, I've never heard of his guitar though, only seen pictures he's posted.

[Jazzmaster]

Doesn't matter what kind of guitar it is (unless you play a cardboard box with fishing wire on it), the technique is usually pretty much the same - just put the edge of your palm far enough to make a muted type of sound, but not so far that it just blocks all the sound.