String dampener for practice?

[ChickenScratch]

So I was practicing a bit this morning and decided to try a hair scrunchie (sp?) just below the nut for a string dampener to help clean up my playing a bit. I can hear a difference now but my qyestion is; have any of you guys used a dampener in your regular practice routine? I can see it becoming something of a crutch if you geet too used to it so I would like your thoughts on the issue.

[atomic charvel guy]

Re: String dampener for practice?

If you're using a dampener and not holding your hand on the bridge and are just picking clean, the dampener should act like a donut on a baseball bat if you know what I mean. it should only help your clean picking.

[SeventhSon]

Re: String dampener for practice?

A lot of bass players (Victor Wooten maybe?) use the hair scrunchy thing all the time for recording/live. But then again, they don't care about hitting a nice juicy, ringing open note like guitar players do.

[Ace]

Re: String dampener for practice?

I use my strings ringing to my advantage... \\m// DOOM!!!