This is a technique which is often over looked or misunderstood by guitarists and while 'Dampening' can cover a whole multitude of areas concerning the guitar, this blog will focus more on the application of 'Picking Hand Dampening'. Right from a students' first lesson I look to emphasis the importance of 'Picking Hand Dampening', as PHD is an effective way of muting unwanted string noise when soloing while using overdrive or distortion. The technique focuses on resting the s