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• pickitjohn South Texas Corpus, San Antonio, AustinVirtuoso Patenotte 260

  October 2015 Posts: 936

  @Nejc
  
  You could try a piece of Foam pipe insulation just in front of the bridge.
  It won't sound the same however it will QUIET THINGS DOWN.

  

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• Nejc Slovenia✭✭ Altamira M01

  October 2015 Posts: 98

  seems like a good idea. I was thinking of putting something under the bridge to decrease the amount of vibration (like a violin mute). anyone tried anything like that?
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  October 2015 Posts: 3,707

  A thin slice of soft silicone rubber maybe 1 mm thick should mute it somewhat
  
  Alternatively, make a bridge out of a harder silicone rubber, or other sound dampening material. That will really dampen things down.

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Nejc Slovenia✭✭ Altamira M01

  October 2015 edited October 2015 Posts: 98

  Gonna try to do that once I have some spare time. I have tried to put some paddding under the bridge (the kind of used under the tailpiece). Now its about 20% more silent, but its still too loud when I play rhythm.
• Nejc Slovenia✭✭ Altamira M01

  October 2015 edited October 2015 Posts: 98

  I guess I will have to sell a kidney and then buy some acoustic foam.
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  October 2015 edited October 2015 Posts: 3,707

  The silicone rubber used in making oven mitts is pretty soft and about 1mm
  
  Dont try and trim it close leave a cm or so all round.

  

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  October 2015 Posts: 4,735

  Try putting some tape over the bridge like that, sucks the sound right out.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• anthon_74 Marin county, CA✭✭✭✭ Alta Mira M 01

  October 2015 Posts: 561

  I bought a hollow body semi acoustic electric guitar so I could play late at night. Hitting the strings hard is part of the fun of playing gypsy jazz IMHO.
• Nejc Slovenia✭✭ Altamira M01

  October 2015 Posts: 98

  Tried the tape thing and it worked perfectly!
  Yeah but first I need to get the feel for la pompe since I didnt practice it that much. Still an advice I am gonna try to follow.
  Well sadly I sold my electric guitar so I could buy a GJ guitar. At least now with the tape trick I can go hard on the strings!
• DragonPL Maryland✭✭ Dupont MD 50-XL (Favino), Michael Dunn Stardust, Castelluccia Tears, Yunzhi gypsy jazz guitar, Gitane DG-320, DG-250M and DG-250

  October 2015 Posts: 172

  Putting a sock in it (literlally) works too, underneath the bridge, that is. Used to do that in hotel rooms when practicing for traveling performances, especially in countries that take their siesta at 15:00 seriously ..