I have two wood mutes both are tow narrow to fit my bridge. I know I need to file or sand the mutes until they fit the question is what tool do I use to do this with? I don't want end up with a the fingers rounded off looking like some homemade hack job. These are nice ebony mutes one is over 30 years old. I just want to use them. Joe
How thick is the bridge? Why not just carefully sand the bridge so that it's slightly thinner? Use a belt-sander - just be careful not to take off too much. - Wil
Or just get a rubber tourte style mute; they're a million times easier to use and you can't lose them. Plus they cost like two bucks.
I already have a tourte rubber mute I want to give the wood ones away to a young player. I just want to make it look right thinning the bridge in not an option. I was thinking of glueing some sandpaper to a chunk of plastic and sanding away. Joe
I just bought an ebony mute today, I was annoyed that it didnt even come close to fitting...did you ever figure out what to do? Chad
is there any easy way to get the sandpaper in there and keep the sanding even? (That was my real question.) Thanks!
