Late night practicing

[baldbloke]

Is there such a thing as a truly silent guitar?

 

I know that Yamaha do nylon and steel versions which go by the name "silent" but suspect that they are not that much quieter than an unplugged electric. Or am I wrong?

 

Anyway, for my needs I have no desire, or intention, of paying

[riffmeister]

You could mute the strings with a piece of cloth.

 

The only truly silent guitar I have seen is an air guitar.

[baldbloke]

You could mute the strings with a piece of cloth. The only truly silent guitar I have seen is an air guitar.

Tried air guitar. The neck was too wide.

Hadn't thought of cloth though.

[Opa John]

Well, you may not believe this, but I actually saw one. I was in a local music shop and a guy was buying (for silent practice) what looked to me to be no more than a facsimile of a guitar without strings on it. I couldn't believe someone would actually pay money for something he could make by simply removing the strings from any old POS garage sale guitar.

When the guy left I asked the sales clerk if they sell a lot of those. He said they sell more than the average person would believe. I figure if you could sell more than one a year, it would be more than I could believe.

Wasn't it Phineas T. Barnum who once said, "There's a sucker born every minute"?

[kwakatak]

Night time is usually electric time for me. I get a pretty decent clean tone out of my Strat when plugged into my PC's soundcard via my K&K Preamp.