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Old 03-01-2013, 10:16 PM
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Bridges with built in foam mutes

I was at Guitar Center the other day after they got a new shipment of Music Man Basses. I picked up a Stingray and saw it had a bridge with these neat built in foam mutes with thumb screws to apply them or disengage them. Just wondering if there are any aftermarket bridges available like this for my Lakland 44-02?

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Old 03-01-2013, 10:37 PM
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Hi.

Ric bridge is the only one with built in mutes that comes to my mind quickly.

Not a drop-in, obviously, and not the worlds best bridge to intonate though.

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Old 03-02-2013, 09:32 AM
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And no difficulty in weaving a piece of fabric through the strings or pushing a piece of foam under them.

On Fenders, the easy answer is to add a bridge cover with foam on the underside of the cover between cover and strings.
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Old 03-02-2013, 09:34 AM
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That is a Stingray Classic too, normally Ray's do not have those mutes. It is a tribute to vintage.

You could always just put some foam under your strings, many players have been doing it for decades.
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Old 03-02-2013, 01:15 PM
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Yeah I've used a mute before, I just really liked the idea of this bridge, it's always right there and you can mute individual strings, and easily adjust the pressure with the thumbscrew. These basses were pretty expensive though, and none sounded as nice as my 44-02
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