guitar string dampener : bad habit? (band, youtube, Viola)

Shekar · 04-10-2009, 07:27 PM

So i was browsing youtube yesterday and found a guitar player using a 'hair band' like elastic ring over the nut/first fret.....when i dug more into it..i found out that it was called a string dampener that cuts out noise when playing with high gain...and to mute accidental notes/open strings while playing..
i tied a soc around my nut and viola it did make a hell of a lot of difference...tapping was so much more easier and my over playing sounded better...

what do you guys think about this device?...is it bad for my technique?
but on the flipside i sound much better when im using one which is the ultimate goal anyway...

04-10-2009, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shekar Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3	guitar string dampener : bad habit? So i was browsing youtube yesterday and found a guitar player using a 'hair band' like elastic ring over the nut/first fret.....when i dug more into it..i found out that it was called a string dampener that cuts out noise when playing with high gain...and to mute accidental notes/open strings while playing.. i tied a soc around my nut and viola it did make a hell of a lot of difference...tapping was so much more easier and my over playing sounded better... what do you guys think about this device?...is it bad for my technique? but on the flipside i sound much better when im using one which is the ultimate goal anyway...