What You Don't Know About Muting Strings For Metal Guitar Solos
Jun 28, 2025Palm muting is a highly favored guitar technique that is adored and used by metal guitarists across the planet. The modern metal player has an especially fun time with this technique because it’s the secret weapon to getting a massively heavy chug in your riffs. But one of the biggest mistakes I see players make is that when it comes time for them to shred through a fiery face melter, they ditch the palm-muting completely. In this lesson, we’ll talk about why you shouldn’t only reserve palm-muting for low-end riffs and how the technique can be used to make you sound like a pro when playing fast guitar solos. Grab your axe, take a seat, and let’s get ready to shred.
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