Is my action too high?

[Stradavus]

Tried searching and couldn't really find a good answer, so here goes:

I've been working on cleaning up my slap technique a lot lately. I've noticed that sometimes when I try to do a palm mute/tap with my left hand, instead of a nice, clean "click" it sounds more like a hammer on. Is it because my action is too high?

[John Wentzien]

That's hard to say..you need to mute with your right hand also..

[John Wentzien]

Think of it like the hammer of a piano striking the string..when you let up on the note ..the mute kicks in..

[Stradavus]

Thanks for the input. One thing that has helped is slowing down my playing and speeding up my attack.

Guess I just need to keep working on it.