practice mute and silent practice

[Martin Byrne]

I have an old handmade Brass mute that my Luthier had in the back of his shop. As far as we know, its made from an old world war 1 shell casing and has to be seen and heard to be believed. it looks like a knuckle duster with extra bits on and because of its weight, it really shuts the bass down when placed on the bridge.