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Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carl Floyd Feb 22, 2021. 6 Replies 1 Like

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Carl Floyd replied to Christian's discussion Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

"The "Tragedy" would be if you didn't fix it by installing an appropriate nut & bridge. :)"

Feb 22, 2021

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Feb 15, 2021

Tom T replied to Christian's discussion Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

"Is this a fretted or un-fretted instrument? Is it being played acoustically or amplified? Is every string muted or just one or two? Is the sound actually muted when you use a slide at the first fret position? Like BrianQ said, a few photos would do…"

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Southern Ray replied to Christian's discussion Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

"Oh, just one thing I forgot, higher action usually messes up intonation pulling the note sharp due to the string becoming more taut. Ray"

Feb 11, 2021

Southern Ray replied to Christian's discussion Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

" Welcome, Christian. The only thing I can think of that would instantly kill the note when fretting the string is putting that finger directly in the middle of the fret, making it so that the string is muted. One wants to put one's finger…"

Feb 11, 2021

BrianQ. replied to Christian's discussion Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

"Some pics of your action or a video of the cbg in action would give more of an insight to your problem?"

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Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?

Hello gang!I made my first guitar, a reso, and I love it. It's got an amazing sound when open strumming, but once I put a finger on a string it sounds much more muted or dead and the sustain definitely disappears. I've never played guitar before, so I'm looking for advice about how to fix this. Specifically:A) Are there hardware issues I can fiddle with that may be causing this? Is a higher or lower action, different nut/bridge, etc. going to change this specific issue? It sounds great (like,…See More

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