The secrets you need to clean up your playing! Your Muting SUCKS! This Is Why You Suck At Guitar 13

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  • Опубликовано: 5 апр 2025
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    Lords and ladies! Its time for a brand new installment of the semi-legendary, mildly amusing, sublimely informative, and oddly arousing This is Why You Suck at Guitar lesson series, here with your new best friend, Uncle Ben Eller!!!
    MUTING! Its the thing every pro does that none of them talk about! Its the secret technique Vai, Satriani, Malmsteen, Gilbert, Holdsworth, Govan, and Bubbletrousers use to keep their playing sounding clean as a dang whistle. Even rhythm guitar giants like James Hetfield of Metallica use these techniques to keep their metal riffing precise and clean. It seems like a lot of bedroom/youtube shredders use a hairband or fretwrap to mask all the noisy junk their playing produces, but have you ever noticed how you never see any of the legends of guitar onstage with a hair tie around their necks? Do you think Eddie Van Halen would be caught dead with his stepmom's hair band around his board? Most great players use the tricks we're going to talk about in this video, but don't even realize they're doing them!
    I don't care if you have great sweep picking, legato, alternate picking, economy picking, tapping, or whatever... if you don't have your muting game on lock down, your playing will never sound as good as it potentially could.
    The guitar, especially the distorted electric guitar, is especially prone to sympathetic vibrations caused by your slightest movements; this can cause a tidal wave of noisy shit that makes you sound like a real poser. And posers don't get chicks.
    We're going to talk about whats causing this tidal wave of noise pollution, and how to clean it up using right hand over muting, left hand under muting, and a third secret freemason technique i call right hand under muting. All tricks are guaranteed to clean up your playing, no matter if you're a beginner or an advanced shredi knight of any style. I'll even give you super sick Cracking the Code style views of my arm hands courtesy of the Magnet camera rig Troy Grady himself gifted me.
    So buckle up, grab a guitar, and get ready to say goodbye to that dang hair band or fret wrap or whatever the shit that thing is you're using to hide your dirty playing. Save that shit for your stepmom.
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  • @leestoop5739
    @leestoop5739 8 лет назад +444

    Hey Uncle Ben , after watching this video and making some adjustments to my playing my step kids stopped crying and my wife finally stopped hitting the crack pipe every time I picked up my guitar. Thanks.

  • @mikeyfazed
    @mikeyfazed 4 года назад +108

    Man, guitaring is so complicated... just hitting the right notes is hard enough, but now I need to work on cleaning up all this extraneous noise too. This vid was what I need, thanks.

  • @joncbartlett
    @joncbartlett 8 лет назад +332

    I've wondered how they've managed to sound so clean for a long time. All the lessons I've seen on youtube, and this is the first time I've seen one about this. I can't believe no one ever addresses this.

    • @Ashaliel
      @Ashaliel 6 лет назад +43

      No shit. I'm learning guitar, and primarily acoustic. I grabbed an electric with a pedal, and was stumped and where the fuck all this other noise was coming from, lol. This helps, a lot.

    • @raym.778
      @raym.778 5 лет назад +29

      I think it becomes kind of obvious when you're playing and you start asking yourself the right questions. Plus it helps to just watch other people play too. When you realize that the good ones move their hands around a little differently, you start to catch on that there's more to their technique than just banging out chords.

    • @daoyang223
      @daoyang223 5 лет назад +7

      @@raym.778 No joke. I picked up the electric and had no idea how to mute or what muting is.

    • @raym.778
      @raym.778 5 лет назад +2

      @@daoyang223 When I initially picked up an electric guitar when I was in high school, I was lucky because I was listening to the band Veruca Salt and they do a ton of muting when playing power or barre chords. So, I learned that initially from them and I think I came across the same technique it in Guitars for Dummies.
      I started playing again recently and it randomly occurred to me that I could use my right hand to mute strings that would ring sympathetically when I was playing chords. Then I found out that was an actual thing, so I'm kind of just experimenting with it. I feel like it takes away from the power of my strumming so I'm not crazy about how some things sound, but I also don't have solid technique and probably could stand to work those muscles out in my pick hand. So, I'm just going to see where this goes.
      I get it though. Depending on the type of music you listen to, you can go for a while without ever being aware that the technique is being used. Had I not been listening to the band I was listening to, I would have had any interest in learning and probably would have glossed over the technique when reading about it.

    • @camilomontoya7412
      @camilomontoya7412 5 лет назад +12

      a major part of playing electric well is muting especially if you have high gain. acoustic if not amplified you can literally not think about muting because there is hardly any sustain

  • @KamiHamster90
    @KamiHamster90 6 лет назад +198

    I picked up the guitar over 9 years ago, haven't practiced diligently all that time. However, I did have a guitar teacher and used some online lesson services. Never once did anyone mentioning using my index finger to mute the other strings.
    Without hyperbole you have improved my guitar playing radically. For years I couldn't get songs to sound right everything was always a little off with distortion. Now, with just one day of drilling my hands to play like this all the songs I played sound better and I can play them hard and passionately. I sound the best I ever had and am having the most fun with the guitar than ever.
    So thank you from the bottom of my very cramped hands, you are a hero.

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  6 лет назад +33

      Brandon Soares cheers man, thank you for watching!!!! Happy to help!

    • @Music-el7if
      @Music-el7if Год назад +1

      I have all of my students doing this nearly from day one. Most teachers wait a number of years, teach you a bunch of stuff, you think you're getting better, and then eventually they say, "By the way, you ALSO need to do this other thing!" So stupid.

  • @RobertBakerGuitar
    @RobertBakerGuitar 8 лет назад +789

    Uncle Ben why you so smart

    • @neonx30
      @neonx30 8 лет назад

      hello Robert !!!

    • @RobertBakerGuitar
      @RobertBakerGuitar 8 лет назад +17

      well hi there :)

    • @neonx30
      @neonx30 8 лет назад +1

      Robert Baker your vids are awesome keep makin em

    • @ZEBEE0110
      @ZEBEE0110 8 лет назад +4

      I agree haha I've been learning a lot from you two haha

    • @fistoftheaxis
      @fistoftheaxis 8 лет назад +4

      cuz he loyal

  • @fanuchman
    @fanuchman 8 лет назад +94

    The reason why I stop playing guitar everytime I start practising a lot is this.
    I don't understand why I've never come across this in books and websites!
    Bless you Unlce Ben.

  • @ghjyjghyhs2638
    @ghjyjghyhs2638 8 лет назад +474

    this is the most helpful guitar lesson on youtube.

    • @evgeniy_moscow_gooner
      @evgeniy_moscow_gooner 6 лет назад +7

      I wonder how many comments like this there are on RUclips.

    • @connoregan8980
      @connoregan8980 6 лет назад +1

      *This is the most helpful lesson on youtube

    • @nikolakojic
      @nikolakojic 5 лет назад +2

      On the other hand, this is the most helpless comment on RUclips

  • @drewhofmann4251
    @drewhofmann4251 8 лет назад +705

    Kanye=Good Muting..... Tears from laughing and yet it is so true!

    • @MMoturi22
      @MMoturi22 5 лет назад +14

      Good tutorial but it really wasn't the funniest joke.

    • @liverpool0690
      @liverpool0690 5 лет назад +12

      I never knew he preformed that song. I’m so shocked I’ve never seen any memes about it lol

    • @kirkclement7918
      @kirkclement7918 5 лет назад

      😂😂😂😂 I'm cryin'!!!!!

    • @yuridanylko
      @yuridanylko 4 года назад

      What

    • @Magik_Johnson
      @Magik_Johnson 4 года назад +5

      Freddie Mercury said do whatever you want with my music.....just never make me boring". I think even he'd cringe listening to it.

  • @stratkster
    @stratkster 6 лет назад +91

    "You are djenting now" lol pretty good description of the genre

  • @justsomeclown7197
    @justsomeclown7197 8 лет назад +53

    this is exactly why I suck at guitar! well, that and the other 12 videos in this series but this was really bugging me! thanx for doing these

  • @leehaley1472
    @leehaley1472 Год назад +5

    Uncle Ben, thank you thank you thank you! I am 60 years old been working on muting my entire life. I started playing in 1978. I’ve really been working on my muting for a long time. Your lesson seemed like it was the most straightforward and I really really analyzed it over and over and over about a month ago. I just sat down and said this is gonna take me years to learn. I was shocked in two days. I started improving. I am way way cleaner than I have been in my entire life so I’m so very grateful to you! Amazing, freaking lesson.

  • @timpierceguitar
    @timpierceguitar 8 лет назад +106

    Just found you.....absolutely love you.....you great!!!

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  8 лет назад +6

      Hey Tim, thanks a lot! Your channel is killer!!!

    • @naegleriafowleri2230
      @naegleriafowleri2230 4 года назад

      @@BenEller you’re missing one muting technique of the left hand often used by swee picking can be used for alternate as well for extra security. The bar finger will only work for strings under but not for above. You can leave one fingertip on the previously played string above thus making the use of the right completely unnecessary, use both and maximum muting is achieved.

    • @GrantSchinto
      @GrantSchinto 2 года назад +1

      Yeah. Ben is awesome. As are you.

  • @nonma2312
    @nonma2312 8 лет назад +281

    Can you make a tutorial explaining why my tone (amp & guitar settings) sucks?

    • @trDewy
      @trDewy 8 лет назад +25

      I'd love to see this cus my tone sucks ass too.

    • @quintinpace2627
      @quintinpace2627 8 лет назад +14

      yeah.
      an amp/tone tutorial in a live situation would be interesting.

    • @nopotato4217
      @nopotato4217 8 лет назад +4

      Please uncle ben

    • @SorooshGb
      @SorooshGb 8 лет назад +7

      yeah this is sth that we don't have a real good video about, would be real nice to have some real pro advice about how to get the tone closer to the song we're trying to play

    • @rizkyalvian9935
      @rizkyalvian9935 8 лет назад +1

      needed this one uncle !

  • @abdelkaderelbrazi
    @abdelkaderelbrazi 4 года назад +8

    @Ben Eller
    I've been playing for many years and, of course, I heard of palm muting. I've watched many tutorials but they all say "put the edge of your picking palm near the bridge and mute the strings. Full stop." I love how you explained how palm muting actually works. I've followed your advice from this video and my playing got sooooo much better within 2 weeks. I've always thought I wouldn't be able to play extremely fast because either my left hand is too slow, my brain is too slow to process all the sounds and finger changes, my right hand is not accurate enough. However, when I used your advice I immediately saw how accurate my picking hand actually is and how my brain totally stopped worrying about the string buzz because I gained full control. This, in turn, freed lots and lots of brain space to focus on WHAT I play instead of HOW I play. I immediately noticed that my fretting hand is actually extremely fast, something I wouldn't have been able to say some months ago. There was a time that I was planning to sell almost my entire guitar collection because I felt I'd reached my peak and can't go beyond. Hell, how wrong I was! Once more, thank you for opening the doors to progress for me!!!!!

  • @woodenhatrecords
    @woodenhatrecords 8 лет назад +22

    One of the best guitar tutorial videos I have ever seen. On such a crucially important topic (even on acoustic, may I say). So detailed, to the point, all-encompassing, beautifully filmed and explained. Thank you, thank you , thank you!

  • @samstorie2647
    @samstorie2647 4 года назад +14

    I had never heard someone mention sympathetic resonance before! Helps make it clear why muting is needed ALL THE TIME, and not just when strumming across more strings than you need. Great video.

    • @erikthered1719
      @erikthered1719 Год назад

      @@icanseewhatyouseenotfine, but here are people who want to avoid noises they don’t wanna hear 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @generalklytus1393
    @generalklytus1393 8 лет назад +5

    Brilliant lesson! I've been playing for years and hated, hated, hated what I call "squelchy sounds" when letting go of strings or extra noise when riffing. These muting techniques are precisely what has been missing. Thanks so much!

  • @ThePilate30
    @ThePilate30 4 года назад +1

    @11:34 Jabba the Right Hand was my favorite Star Wars character. Awesome video BTW!

  • @Ravenixrising
    @Ravenixrising 6 лет назад +8

    Neither of the guitar teachers I had as a teenager told me about this - I assume they were the dudes who did it without thinking so they never thought to explain it! Great video!

  • @ronaldschmidt913
    @ronaldschmidt913 5 лет назад +3

    Paul Gilbert teaches this on his online classes. Another good muting idea he teaches is to use the left thumb over the top of the neck to mute the E when playing open chords and power chords not using the E. Also he teaches to let the left index finger touch the E string when playing chords that don't use the E but require fretting the A string. Just thought this might be a good add to an awesome lesson. Always enjoy your lessons. Thanks Ben.

  • @udontknowme293
    @udontknowme293 8 лет назад +9

    "This is Why You Suck at Guitar" are probably most valuable materials for guitar players on RUclips. Thanks dude, you helped me a lot!

  • @Potato12312
    @Potato12312 5 лет назад +15

    1 hour ago I was trying to cover GOJIRA - L'Enfant Sauvage and I had no idea why my sound was so bad. After watching your video I realized what I was doing wrong in 2 min. cheers buddy

  • @BodhiSoftMobileApps
    @BodhiSoftMobileApps 4 года назад +15

    Bonus meta-tip: With all that muting in place, you are now free to bash all the strings really hard, and add a whole bunch of attack and nasty attitude to your single-note lines. See SRV and Hendrix for example.

    • @ShawnFumo
      @ShawnFumo 3 года назад

      Good point. I've seen that referenced usually with power chords and punk songs (like muting the low E with the tip of the index when doing 5th string power chords). Then you can strum as crazy as you want and not worry about accidentally hitting the wrong strings.

  • @TheCobhc2005
    @TheCobhc2005 3 года назад +5

    I know this video is old as shit now lol but i just wanna say that this is the absolute most helpful video on string muting i have ever come across on RUclips especially when you got up close and personal with the right hand muting, something NO ONE ever does in these kinds of videos. It really helped me alot in figuring out what the hell i've been doing wrong all this time xD Thank you so much Ben! you're the best dude! \m/

  • @Thaipeople196
    @Thaipeople196 4 года назад +4

    I just started learn guitar chords. And the noise would frustrate the hell out of me. I've heard about muting, been told about muting but never fully understood it until now. This is the most in depth coherent explanation I've seen to date. Your camera angles are what really helped me see how to properly mute the left, and right hand. I thank you for willingness to help others.

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  4 года назад

      Happy to help, buddy! Good luck on your musical journey! I’m always interested to get some good ideas for more beginner-related stuff, so please post some other topics you’d like to see broken down on here!

    • @Thaipeople196
      @Thaipeople196 4 года назад

      @@BenEller As a beginner I'm getting mad crickets between chord changes. At this point I'm unable to get my fingers to form the different chord shapes in a timely fashion. Can you show a good practice technique to build this skill? Thanks.

    • @ShawnFumo
      @ShawnFumo 3 года назад +1

      @@Thaipeople196 It's a bit late now, but in case someone else is reading.. JustinGuitar has some good practice routines for switching between open chord shapes.
      Also if you have a lot of distortion and amplification, regular chords may not sound great in general. Having so many strings ringing out at once can become really noisy and muddy. So people who use lots of distortion more often use power chords that limit the amount of strings that ring out at the same time (often also muting strings that aren't being played in the chord). To practice regular chords, probably want to use as clean a tone as you can.

  • @kbzonmarko
    @kbzonmarko 8 лет назад +8

    listening to begginer players playing without muting is painful as hell, I always tell them to control their sound and muted when necesary, and im not even a Pro-Guitar-player. Good Video uncle Ben.

  • @gathda
    @gathda 8 лет назад +26

    I also do a left index finger under the next lower string muting (playing A and muting E with the tip of index finger). This can give my right hand some freedom when picking. I just noticed that I do it automatically the other day when trying to describe how I mute to someone else.

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  8 лет назад +16

      Yes!!!! This ^^^^^ .... That is another GREAT super secret muting technique I use all the time!

    • @canman87
      @canman87 8 лет назад +3

      Same here. It happens sort of subconsciously for me, heh. Definitely a great addition to these other techniques.

    • @settratheimperishable4093
      @settratheimperishable4093 6 лет назад

      I do this all the time too! Never noticed until I saw your comment it just happened automatically

    • @ShawnFumo
      @ShawnFumo 3 года назад +1

      I've seen this mostly mentioned for power chords that start on the A string.

  • @CrisJunkie
    @CrisJunkie Месяц назад

    This is the best tutorial on guitar muting I've seen so far: very detailed, very visual, and very well explained.

  • @axe2grind911a
    @axe2grind911a 4 года назад +3

    I'm a former non-muter and didn't even know it until my friends started pointing it out. I wish I had had this lesson years ago because I had to figure it all out on my own - gradually! One thing that helped too was learning slide guitar. I learned it using fingers - without a pick - and realized that you can basically devote one right hand finger to each string for muting out unwanted sounds using those same fingers to pluck the notes (slight alterations: I don't usually pinky pluck and you still need palm muting for lower strings). If you practice that regularly, it spills over into your lead playing with a pick - though you then have one less finger, so you finally learn to mute two strings with your middle finger and two with your 4th. Like all technique, it just takes practice. Excellent video!!!

  • @RickWilleyOMC
    @RickWilleyOMC 5 лет назад +1

    Dude! Not only are you Hilarious!! But a great teacher! Took a while to find this video which was EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Those camera angles were ESSENTIAL to show exactly what's going on! Something that I've always hoped I could find but until now haven't been able to! You sir have a new subscriber!! Thanks!

  • @s2aka
    @s2aka 4 года назад +3

    Excellent. Very thorough lesson in sympathetic muting. My former “teacher” couldn’t understand why the strings keep ringing when I played even while doing my best muting only with my picking hand. Thank you.

  • @loaked3000
    @loaked3000 2 года назад

    Holy shit what a game changer this video is.... seriously. This should be pinned at the top of you tube anytime someone searches anything related to How to play electric guitar. This video should be a requisite before you can purchase a guitar lol. Not really but this might be the single best piece of advice I've ever seen when it comes to playing. THANK YOU

  •  4 года назад +6

    Only you can make muting so interesting for 19 minutes. You are awesome Ben!! (as always)

  • @carlgaebe8699
    @carlgaebe8699 4 года назад +1

    Thanks so much man...understanding the fact that it's not just a random misplaced finger causing the strings to ring out all the time is helpful...going to implement these techniques with a much clearer understanding now..yes!! Left hand-strings above..right index- strings below...left hand can get a lil funky and do above and below during vibrato ...awesome..I'm sure you have a video on it but I'd like to improve my up and down picking speed as well.

  • @SheaRecordmetal
    @SheaRecordmetal 4 года назад +9

    I really like this. It’s the one thing that really separates a beginner from a pro. And beginners don’t even see it. Starting out on a small practice amp then switching to a 120 watt monster. Playing with lots of gain and volume will make bad muting sound just terrible.

    • @aladams684
      @aladams684 4 года назад +3

      Amen, and amen! Really great video. Ben does a great service to the playing community. I might as well quit teaching (lol). Ben, you can make my check payable to....Just kidding. I do actually send my students to your vids. It helps. Sometimes new guys get too nervous in person and watching actual GOOD videos takes the "in person" nerves out of the equation. Great job.

    • @molekyyli
      @molekyyli 3 года назад

      I'm gonna object cos some beginners do. :P It used to drive me crazy, right from the beginning, first not knowing how and then knowing how but unable to do it consistently/well made me avoid playing with distortion for quite some time, despite metal being the main thing I'm interested in playing.
      I'm definitely still in the beginner category and I think my teacher seems to think I'm obsessed with muting in regards to my level a bit too much lol. Can't help it. It's still so easy for me to accidentally bar some strings that I don't intend to bar or not mute them while I meant to mute them and I can hear that pretty well when they ring.

  • @venusblake
    @venusblake 3 года назад

    This was incredibly helpful, thank you! I can't believe almost no one talks about this!

  • @ryanwilson5936
    @ryanwilson5936 8 лет назад +4

    I've been watching your videos off and on for a while now. You're a great guitar teacher and I could have really used a guy like you when I started playing 15 years ago. You address A LOT of the little things that make or break technique. Good job!
    Oh, and you gained a subscriber 👍🏻

  • @sugarwookiee
    @sugarwookiee 5 лет назад +2

    I just wanted to say thank you SO MUCH for these videos. Every issue I have that I don't even know how to describe (like sympathetic vibration!) to ask for help with, you address it so clearly. It's easy to feel like you're just bad at something if you aren't given all of the information you need to accomplish it, but then you come along and fix that for us. Thank you!!

  • @jamesmurphy7193
    @jamesmurphy7193 8 лет назад +36

    This is one of my pet peeves.. "dampening" means making something wet or diminishing the impact of something (like your enthusiasm for getting a new comment being dampened by its message). The technical term for reducing oscillation in a mechanical system is "damping," like the damper (not dampener) pedal on a piano.

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  8 лет назад +23

      James Murphy well..... well damn!

    • @bmjames
      @bmjames 4 года назад +4

      What if good muting technique makes me damp?

    • @BlakeSpohn
      @BlakeSpohn 2 года назад

      @@bmjames yes

  • @HotJam5
    @HotJam5 6 лет назад +2

    this video really helped me. Everyone who I've talked to has said "just lay your hand across the bridge." that never worked

  • @allrelative3065
    @allrelative3065 3 года назад +3

    Wish I knew this 15 years ago, palm muting I did subconsciously. The soft capo technique for lower strings and vibrato parts is going to be a game changer. Also a great explanation into this resonance glitch in the matrix. I honestly suck at guitar less since watching your videos, thanks and keep up the quality content. Even Kanye would would have to recognize your Gandalf level muting skills.

  • @brentwerner6103
    @brentwerner6103 4 года назад +2

    The Chewbacca taking a shit has to be one of my favorite lines. Will have to use that more often

  • @JorisGriffioen
    @JorisGriffioen 8 лет назад +20

    "You're djenting now ... losing all definition and resonance from those strings"
    Yep, sounds about right :D

  • @MattMiltonberger
    @MattMiltonberger 4 года назад

    Been playing guitar very very on and off for 13 years and trying to force myself to get back and learn more-never took lessons and just kind of learned some tabs from random songs over the years. No one ever taught me about left-hand muting or actively muting ALL strings above the string in play with the right hand. I've done it mindlessly at times, but am never actively thinking about it. Thank you for the in-depth and knowledgeable videos! Glad I stumbled upon your channel!

  • @dooterscoots2901
    @dooterscoots2901 4 года назад +7

    oh my god. I have never expected to see my playing take such a leap in quality in literally 19 and a half minutes. This is why Ben Eller is one of the best guitar RUclipsrs. I had written like a riff and got frustrated too why it didn' t sound good AT ALL when I played it so I just wanted to forget about and start my daily practice found this. Applied what I had learnt from this to my riff, and it sounded 100 times better. ever since I started watching Ben Eller I've like tripled how good I am at guitar it's a great feeling.

  • @robanderson3559
    @robanderson3559 5 лет назад +3

    Picked up playing again after about 30 years of not playing and no one has ever told me this. Now I know why I always sounded like crap. Now just to master it.

  • @smythie08
    @smythie08 8 лет назад +4

    thats one of the most useful vids I have ever watched. thanks mate and keep up the great work.

  • @secondslate7158
    @secondslate7158 4 года назад

    Those mutes on the top are exceptional for deadening noise that naturally comes from the string tree, even after a perfect mute. Live it's less of an issue but even a little bit of rolled up toilet paper under the strings at the headstock can make a massive difference.
    Agreed with the other noises entirely, however - practise, practise, practise.

  • @danenorment
    @danenorment 4 года назад +1

    This has to be the most helpful guitar tip I have ever seen. As an online taught beginner I knew my playing sounded like crap and that other strings were ringing out but I didn't know why or how to stop it. THANK YOU !!!

  • @Nightshade1881
    @Nightshade1881 8 лет назад +145

    Never mute with excess foreskin!! Hurts so bad

  • @astrofire68
    @astrofire68 4 месяца назад

    I understood the problem of sympathetic vibration but couldn’t find anyone that gave a clear explanation of how to mute it away. Especially the above and below concepts and solutions. Thank you !!!

  • @ElDuderino502
    @ElDuderino502 8 лет назад +28

    That last "good mute" is very important. Thanks. for that.

  • @nollix
    @nollix Месяц назад

    Really really helpful video. I sound exactly like the examples in the beginning. All the extra camera angles helped greatly too. I realized my picking hand was at the wrong angle this whole time. Thank you so much

  • @DJHazzr
    @DJHazzr 8 лет назад +9

    After 4 years of playing and sounding like shit, within a couple of days of practicing this my playing sounds 10x tighter and cleaner, Cheers Ben!

  • @pfkmsandiego
    @pfkmsandiego 4 года назад

    i usually watch your vids bc i enjoy ur humor but i do pick up stuff from u that i haven't learned yet, and i enjoy hearing u talk about other pro players and how they do things- your citations add so much validity to the value of your lessons- it's clear u kno your shit, so thank you for the total package. : ) i have been teaching music for around 15 years and playing a lot longer and am usually underwhelmed by people teaching music on the tubes- even many very popular channels. as uve mentioned, u share stuff that people seem to not talk about and teach and u deserve a lot of credit for that. i am the same with my students and i bank on the fact that they'll appreciate me later in life- hahaha- anyway, kno that u are appreciated NOW! hahaha. keep up the great work, brother. : )

  • @CanadianRandy
    @CanadianRandy 7 лет назад +57

    I have to play the strings that I'm not playing !? **throws guitar in air and gets beer**

  • @stephendixon8575
    @stephendixon8575 5 лет назад +1

    Well after over 30 years of playing guitar that’s the best and most clear explanation I’ve ever heard on how to cut out string noise! Good job 👍

    • @frannyp46
      @frannyp46 5 лет назад

      Stephen Dixon.Been playing 40 years with companion string noise.Now I can file for a divorce

  • @FreddyonAcid
    @FreddyonAcid 4 года назад +5

    “Im Ben Eller and my guitar collection is beyond sick.”

  • @TheCulturedCapy
    @TheCulturedCapy 4 года назад

    doing this not only cleaned up my playing , but it actually helped me with the high e not feeling awkward to pick. thanks ben

  • @johnsguitarmusicanddemos
    @johnsguitarmusicanddemos 4 года назад +2

    Damn.... that's my struggle... muting 🤘🤘🤘🤘 I hear them often when I play certain notes.... other notes being hit on accident 😥😥😥😥😥🤬🤬🤬 But thank you for this upload!

  • @johnkk7863
    @johnkk7863 4 года назад +1

    I'm playing off and on over 30 yrs and this lesson was the most important change to my technique ever, fkin excellent mate makes a massive difference and it is something you just dont think of THANK YOU

  • @lukerussell4055
    @lukerussell4055 8 лет назад +19

    i wring out my G-string every once in a while

    • @ikemoon127
      @ikemoon127 6 лет назад +2

      You're going to need to after you dampen it

  • @gururajchadaga
    @gururajchadaga 4 года назад +1

    God bless you!
    I started playing electric guitar about 6 months ago and I've faced all those issues which I didn't face in an acoustic. Over time I had to come up with workarounds and Though I did figure out some of the techniques mentioned above, it wasn't sufficient. This is awesome and MUST be in every guitar course. Thank you so much.

  • @juhaniseppala
    @juhaniseppala 4 года назад +6

    That Kanye bit cracked me up.

  • @photobearcmh
    @photobearcmh Год назад

    Dude! I know this clip is old but I had to say thanks. I've looked all over for a good muting lesson and yours really makes sense. I was able to apply it and it made a huge difference. THANKS!

  • @JonathanSterlingMusic
    @JonathanSterlingMusic 4 года назад +5

    I think this is something that any guitarist learns to do naturally as they continue to practice and learn, but they never actually realize they're doing it. Just a habit you'll create as you grow.

  • @1.618-z9y
    @1.618-z9y 8 лет назад +1

    Best guitar instructor on RUclips, hands down.

  • @ThePuertoricanBeastJonathan
    @ThePuertoricanBeastJonathan 8 лет назад +23

    im pretty sure guthrie uses the scrunchy for two hand tapping

    • @dariusvilcinskis5753
      @dariusvilcinskis5753 8 лет назад

      Yep

    • @azazulsoulmeister7959
      @azazulsoulmeister7959 8 лет назад +4

      You can still mute unused strings while two hand tapping.

    • @Wren6991
      @Wren6991 6 лет назад

      I've also seen him pull the scrunchie on for legato

    • @YngtchieMusic
      @YngtchieMusic 5 лет назад +3

      Correct, and specifically it's two-hand tapping where he's skipping strings and all that jazz. I have a feeling Guthrie would be able to mute those other strings sufficiently, but that it has more to do with him not wanting to take any chances when playing live, thus giving the audience a cleaner listening experience.
      For more linear soloing, T. J. Helmerich is a great example of someone tapping with all eight fingers with a distorted sound, and not using any muting devices.

    • @ethansalazar6744
      @ethansalazar6744 4 года назад

      The most ive seen Guthrie use it for was for soloing with one hand

  • @cameronholbrook170
    @cameronholbrook170 2 года назад

    Hands-down the most valuable electric guitar lesson I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Complete game changer!!!

  • @bluey4605
    @bluey4605 5 лет назад +6

    "Now my G-string Is ringing out, it's a real mess."

  • @megasteel214
    @megasteel214 3 года назад +2

    A good mute will be the background music in this video

  • @ThEgAmErLoVeR182
    @ThEgAmErLoVeR182 8 лет назад +27

    "Sounds like Chewbacca takin' a shit" XD

    • @f67739
      @f67739 4 года назад

      or korn lol

    • @ZEUSINCARNATE
      @ZEUSINCARNATE 4 года назад

      Hahahahahaha made me laugh while wife trying to sleep Hahahaha

  • @rarefactioncurve
    @rarefactioncurve 5 лет назад

    I have watched about 2 dozens RUclips videos about muting, but this upload definitely helps!!!!! Thank you! I will use the "index finger" technique to mute high strings from now on, and it is working!!!!! Thanks again.

  • @seymur312
    @seymur312 8 лет назад +26

    "Sounds like Chewbacca taking shit", I had to pause the video lol...

    • @erico8738
      @erico8738 6 лет назад

      Just saw this, and almost woke up my toddler from laughing out loud!

  • @Gearseller2009
    @Gearseller2009 3 года назад

    Love this video man. Great job, and you’re right I’ve never seen that camera angle down the neck before to show muting. Very helpful video.

  • @barisnigga4903
    @barisnigga4903 6 лет назад +6

    OMG I WAS ALWAYS SAYING TO MYSELF "I DIDN'T HIT THAT E STRING WHY IS IT PLAYING WTF" I LOVE YOU BEN

  • @venkatnatarajan3479
    @venkatnatarajan3479 2 года назад

    The only video you ever need to learn string muting. Thank you, king

  • @joso8801
    @joso8801 8 лет назад +15

    quit telling me i suck at guitar for fuck sakes, I don't need to be reminded of it everytime i watch a tutorial, just a country boy trying to make it in the big ol' city

  • @atomicthwippster8799
    @atomicthwippster8799 Год назад

    Wow! I’ve been using right-hand muting, but have been frustrated by the noisy strings below. This is a game changer! Thank you!

  • @joshxms2260
    @joshxms2260 8 лет назад +6

    You remind me of an educational Steve terreberry, I love it!

    • @nicwilson89
      @nicwilson89 8 лет назад +8

      Yea, without being so cringe-y that it's actually painful, and having to scroll down to the comments section to avoid actually seeing the video if you wanna know what it's about :p

    • @travislight9266
      @travislight9266 5 лет назад

      Except not annoying af

  • @patriotcivillian9048
    @patriotcivillian9048 7 лет назад

    This is something even a guitar teacher will not teach his classroom student. People learn from their experience. Sincere thanks for sharing what you learnt from experience.

  • @ashutoshsrivastava8661
    @ashutoshsrivastava8661 6 лет назад +4

    You’re a god (edit) - not because you can mute but because you can understand our problems

    • @sunavila
      @sunavila 5 лет назад

      Stop calling men gods. There is ONE GOD, and it's The God of Israel.

  • @leegarner4592
    @leegarner4592 День назад

    This explains a lot... still useful eight years later. Thanks!

  • @aland4440
    @aland4440 5 лет назад +6

    You said Metallic in your vid. I'd expect a call from Lars wanting money. : )

    • @johnbraucher1499
      @johnbraucher1499 5 лет назад

      Or a call from an entitled piece of shit that steals other peoples property and thinks its okay. Go to a dock in alaska and steal the fisherman's fish they caught, I'm sure theyll be calling you for money too.

    • @wezleyjackson9918
      @wezleyjackson9918 5 лет назад

      Or you can get all bent out of shape about people playing your tunes on Napster and be a complete ass-hat about it.. Send those coins whenever you busk a cover on a street corner.. Lets get all proprietary about it.. Send some money to all the estates of all the musicians the artists "stole" ideas from.. like notes, chords, etc, etc..
      sheesh

    • @jamespell1138
      @jamespell1138 3 года назад

      @@johnbraucher1499 it's not really comparable. More comparable to sneaking in the cinema without paying.

  • @HTNT9
    @HTNT9 7 лет назад

    awesome lesson..great teaching and loved the camera angle as it really helped shed light on the pick hand position and that final muting technique was the cherry on top..I've never heard about that and can see the benefits.

  • @newshaaa
    @newshaaa 4 года назад

    Thanks dude. This is the best palm muting video I have watched on youtube (and I am sucking at it and was looking for ~ 1 year) + showing from different angle was extremely helpful as well.

    • @swfworld3728
      @swfworld3728 4 года назад

      OK, I don't know what the magna-cam was, but Ben sure used it well in this video to get in close, both right and left hands. Well done!

  • @ToddtheExploder
    @ToddtheExploder 7 лет назад +3

    Dampening is sprinkling water on it, Ben. When we prevent certain strings from producing sound, that is called "damping". Same with shock absorbers and cueing levers: damping, not dampening. You don't call it nuke-ya-ler power, do you?

    • @Guitarplayer724
      @Guitarplayer724 7 лет назад +2

      Along with making wet, Dampening can also mean dull or deaden. Simple definition.

    • @SheepWaveMeByeBye
      @SheepWaveMeByeBye 6 лет назад

      In danish damping is _dæmpe_ and dampening is _fugte._ You don't wanna _fugte_ your guitar, now do you?

  • @rallyRomGuitar
    @rallyRomGuitar 4 года назад +1

    I've seen a lot of Guitar tutorials and this has been the first time I'm seeing this muting technique. Should have been the very first one I learned before learning all those scales. Thanks man!

  • @stalker11421
    @stalker11421 8 лет назад +10

    best way to learn muting with your palm is to have a step sister like mine( if you know what i mean)

  • @bluesguitarx
    @bluesguitarx 8 лет назад

    ben... its great to see someone serious about guitar but is still able to see the lighter side of teaching and learning. Thank you immensely!

  • @auf-dem-Weg
    @auf-dem-Weg 4 года назад +4

    "dudes" "guys" ....well hello there from one of your female subscribers lol great lesson btw :)

  • @cgandy2
    @cgandy2 8 месяцев назад

    Ben, you just earned a SUB with this video. Great content and expertly and humorously explained. Now I gotta check out your other videos. Thank you!

  • @545parsa
    @545parsa 8 лет назад +5

    why your bends suck?

  • @UNGETABLE7
    @UNGETABLE7 5 лет назад

    Metronome set at 40 bpm
    Best explanation on the subject, hats off man!

  • @crazyade9556
    @crazyade9556 Год назад

    I have always been reminded that I should mute better, people explained that the strings ring out, but this shows that it's the corrisponding note, cheers

  • @mayiask654
    @mayiask654 4 года назад

    one of the most valuable tutorials for me as a beginner.
    Especially the part with the "soft capo" and "not playing with the finger tips". :-)

  • @raultoks
    @raultoks Год назад

    abs one of the bestest vids ever. After a decade of amateur playing got a 7 string recently, never had to deliberately practice muting ever on a six string, on the 7 had to almost relearn guitar it felt like, was losing my mind wondering if something is wrong with the guitar and uncle ben just validated that why I suck at guitar instead, especially the left hand muting.

  • @dustinbryant6293
    @dustinbryant6293 6 лет назад

    My shitty muting habits have been driving me crazy since I switched to electric. Thanks a million. I don't want to be the guy who plays to hard to drown out my mistakes. Thanks a milli

  • @Jetsetscotty
    @Jetsetscotty 4 года назад

    Great video and sense of humour. The best string muting video I have seen and a real help. Thank you.

  • @dime4ever546
    @dime4ever546 4 года назад +2

    Good work as always!
    Your videos are really helping me with my technices!
    You need more subs dude!