2pcs Bass Guitar String Mute Damper, Cotton Bass Fret Mute, Adjustable Guitar String Dampener

Some of these string dampers cost $10-$12 each. Value is in the eye of the purchaser, I guess. I tend to buy value so look for less expensive alternatives. These string dampers did not disappoint. I had a few that I got from China for $4 or so some time ago, but these are better. FWIW I primarily use these on bass guitars but I don't see why they wouldn't work on regular electric guitars, but in disclosure I haven't tried these sizes on any of my 6 string guitars. So I can only speak about their use on bass... and I can recommend these to do the job.

Comes with two different sizes. The small works great for narrow neck 4-string basses (Jazz, Ibanez, Guild, etc.) The larger one is perfect for larger necked P-bass styles and 5-string basses. When installed over the nut, it keeps extraneous string noises to a minimum without having to concentrate on muting techniques. Doesn't seem to affect tone. Very inexpensive fix to a bothersome problem.

Make sure that THIS is what you need! I needed a mute for my 4-string bass guitar. This is advertised as a mute for a bass guitar, So I bought it. There might be people who use a bass guitar mute like this, but I have never seen anyone do so, and cannot imagine what would be the use of it. A Guitar mute goes between the fretting fingers and the nut. It wraps around the neck and strings, laying some rubber or fabric against those strings so that any vibration from OPEN strings is dampened out. A string must be pressed down with a finger (higher than the mute) in order to sound. I don't use a guitar mute, but I can see how it could be helpful. What I understand by a bass mute goes on the other end of the string, right above the bridge. It changes the tone, and also takes a lot of sustain out of the instrument, tilting the sound in the direction of an upright acoustic bass. It doesn't copy that sound, but it does nudge it a bit that direction. I have always just laced a length of heavy felt-like fabric through the strings at the nut, but decided that some more consistency and rapid change would be nice. But this style mute cannot be used like that. It cannot go just around the strings, it was made to go around the strings and neck. To apply that system by the bridge, it would have to go around the strings and entire body of the instrument! that won't work. This style seems to come up so frequently when I search for "Bass guitar string mute" that someone must be laughing at me right now, knowing things I do not know about bass mutes. That would not surprise me at all! (And I encourage you to tell me!) It seems the style I was looking for (and I did find/order) is often called a string clamp.

Just what I needed, works perfectly with my bass guitars!

Simple product. Works exactly as advertised. Greatly reduced string noise without any effect on tone.

Just as described

I got 5 String bass and acoustic guitar this work ace's on

My bass.