Gruv Gear FretWraps Wood 'Maple' String Muter 1-Pack (Medium) (FW-1PK-LIT-MD)

Their website says a Large fits up to a 8-string guitar, so I got a XL for my 9-string guitar. It turned out to be too big, but even if it fit, it looks like it won't stay flat enough on the wide and flat fretboard and completely mute all the strings.So instead I got girls' hair scrunchies, a 6-pack for $4, and use 2 scrunchies per guitar for complete muting. They work perfectly on both a 6-string and a 9-string, I can quickly slide them on/off the neck too. If those scrunchies ever break or I lose them, I can get them at any grocery store. They don't threaten my manhood either, actually are a good conversation-starter with people.

I was using hair ties before which produced essentially the same result. It just looks less ghetto with a real fret wrap. If you are into using monsterous amounts of gain and being able to control it, I find this as a must have piece of gear. The fret wrap plays a huge part in my tone and is well worth the $12. If you can’t afford the $12, then just put some hair ties on there. Size small fits my 6 string explorer perfect.

I recently got one of these to try to cut down on string noise when I play in specific situations, especially when doing two-handed tapping. I've been noticing Guthrie Govan using these for a few years, and he seems to be the one who pioneered their use. It's an interesting idea, and I've been curious to see if it worked.Initially, I tried one of my daughters' scrunchies on my Frankenstrat. It wasn't bad. I thought it looked kind of silly, and I thought it was just okay at quieting the strings, nothing special. Unfortunately, I gave in to the former reasoning and took off the scrunchie not long after.But the idea of string damping for noise reduction still intrigued me. I bought one of this brand, figuring if it's good enough for Govan, it should be good enough for a plodder like me.So I got the FretWrap in small for my Frankie. The terry cloth dampening pad is very soft and pleasant to the touch. It seems to have a soft plastic bar underneath it to help apply pressure across the middle four strings, I guess. The Velcro strap and loop system is nice. It doesn't take much effort to secure it on the neck, and it's easy to adjust, as well. The wrap itself is fairly well made. I think the strap part could be made of a stronger fabric, though.But the terry cloth is not substantial enough for the task. I'm still able to hear a lot of string noise despite the wrap.I thought maybe I could improvise my own solution for the dampening part, so I cut a strip of polystyrene and inserted it under the terry cloth, so that strip would contact the strings. In theory, the polystyrene might provide more of a dampening effect. When I tested it, the polystyrene actually acted as a small acoustic device--when I hit notes, I could hold the nut near my ear and it sounded weirdly 'amplified'. It's a cool effect, even though it's not what I was looking for.The other drawback to the FretWrap is that when the device is in place just in front of the nut, it takes up too much room for me to fret at the first fret. I found that a bit aggravating, and ultimately that's a deal breaker on its own.In theory, there should be something equivalent to gently laying my index finger across the strings for a muting effect. The FretWrap's terry cloth bar is not really the solution. Maybe there is a solution out there. But for now it's back to using my daughters' scrunchies, which are better and cheaper than this. I think my ego can withstand it.

This does not take the place of proper muting if you thought that it did you probably shouldn't buy this and should get better at muting before picking somethimg like this up. It is helpful as it might save you from having to redo a great take that's ruined by one little spot with a squeak or string noise. It does take some of the extra noise out with just regular playing. It's pretty funny people are complaining about paying $10 for it is $10 really that big of a cost I mean you don't need this it's optional..anyway yeah it does what it's supposed to and doesn't do what it doesn't claim to do. I'll probably just use it when recording myself but I'm glad I got one.

Easy to use and a very cheap (but high quality!) fret wrap. Does what you'd expect. I would think of it as training wheels however as ideally your technique produces results like this without the need for its use. Good for when you need that perfect take and can't trust yourself. Great for someone like with me with shaky hands.

I never thought that I would want one of these. Until I got a 5-string bass that will play a note if a breeze blows on it. Super sensitive and harmonics just jump off of the strings. My son got this for me and it does a good job of keeping the extraneous noise down without affecting the tone in any noticeable way. I have it just past the zero-fret and it is not in the way when I access the first fret. Kudos to my son for suggesting it.

It's just a simple product designed to quell note ringing and string buzz and it works as advertised. I have a short scale bass so the space between frets is lesser, but this fits in the first fret space leaving plenty of room to play the full scale of the bass without interference. So it is just right for my needs. I bought a size small which to me seems just the right size to be used on an Ibanez Mikro 4 string bass. I cannot comment on the size one might need for a 5 string Mikro however.

I am a session player and I use these for every solo I do that doesn't have any open strings. The result is a clean and pure track that has no additional noise from open strings. I also like to keep one above the nut when doing rhythm tracks to keep vibration and harmonics down.I cannot recommend these more strongly.

I bought this as I’d just bought my first Floyd Rose equipped electric guitar and the Floyd system on my axe is so resonant, it produces pretty loud ‘sympathy’ notes I guess they’re called - sounds like you’re picking the strings beyond the nut - especially with high gain or distortion.I was hoping this wrap would fully solve that...it didn’t, not entirely at least. It has muted the unwanted noise slightly, but, not entirely and not to the degree I expected and hoped for. Whether it’ll have more of an impact on the springs themselves I’ll have to wait and see. It seems to work fine on guitars without locking nuts though!As a side note, although I don’t really do so, you CAN use it as a movable capo - handy option to have. Great product, just not perfect for what I wanted.

I always thought these were a bit of an expensive gimmick but honestly, they work brilliantly for stopping some (not all!) unwanted overtones. I use them when recording Bass and they have saved many a take that otherwise would have been ditched due to a random ringing string. They are expensive for what they are, no dispute. But they work as intended every time and you don't have to fanny around concocting some hideous thing out of a sock, some rubber bands, and a dead sparrow. Bass life hack.

This works surprisingly well and damps down a lot of unwanted ringing.I have a Godin Freeway 4 bass which is extremely resonant and lively with incredible sustain. Not being an expert player means it's not easy for me to make it sound good when open strings are ringing out constantly.I've tried various DIY fixes but found this is much better and doesn't look like you got your bass tangled up in your laundry. I do like the way my bass sounds with it on too, I am able to get closer to the sound I want and the strings seem to have much more balanced output levels and tone. I Found out after trying it that it is supposed to be wrapped around the frets but that would limit the use of the fingerboard and add too much damping. I have been using it wrapped around the nut so it covers the strings on both sides of the nut, this gives me the result I want.I know my technique needs work and I will feel more inclined to practice now that I have tamed down a lot of unwanted sounds.

If you use high gain sounds on your guitar or bass then you should check out one of these. They really do help in eliminating the sounds of unwanted open strings and ringing notes. Not a replacement for learning a good clipped muting technique using the side of your palm close to the bridge, though. Heavy Metal & Punk players would appreciate this device. Fits well on my PRS DC3 guitar & on my 4 string Fender Jazz bass.

Perhaps my hopes were too high, that this would help me to improve my bass playing and stop noise from unfretted strings when trying to learn to slap like Davey504. It doesn't seem to dampen as much as I thought - I probably need a different product at the bridge.Tried on 6-string guitars as well with much the same outcome - it helps, but good technique makes it next to useless. I will keep trying it, but it's been a slight disappointment for me. I'm not saying it does nothing, but it's not muting as much as I expected.