String dumpener/muter is it cheating?

[Securb]

I have been thinking about this and no it is not cheating. There are plenty of guitars that were built with dampeners, and plenty of basses. Pianos and other stringed instruments have string dampeners. A string dampener is not going to make you a better or worse player. It is just a tool, use it or don't as you see fit.

[beaubrummels]

If anything, the need for a string dampener is indicative of a design flaw in the instrument. It's not a cheat to correct an inherent problem.

[Mincer]

At least with the multiple takes you are playing the piece correctly once. I don't count it as cheating until you start gluing together bits and pieces from multiple takes, or quantize stuff that's played out of time. That's cheating.

Putting tiny sections of music together is the rule, rather than the exception.

[Dr.Mavashi]

Interesting .... so quite a few of you have split into two camps, Use IT/Use it but ONLY DURING recording ...... would be great to see two camps debate. I am kind of leaning to the latter .... I think ..... although I've never seen my hearos George Lynch, Richie Blackmore, YJM, Tony Iommi, Criss Oliva, Uli Roth, Satch, Mick Mars, Vitto Bratta, Nuno, use one back in the day ....

[Demanic]

It seems as though most people have the idea that "If someone has a different technique than what I use, it's somehow wrong."
Interesting.

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[Securb]

Interesting .... so quite a few of you have split into two camps, Use IT/Use it but ONLY DURING recording ...... would be great to see two camps debate. I am kind of leaning to the latter .... I think ..... although I've never seen my hearos George Lynch, Richie Blackmore, YJM, Tony Iommi, Criss Oliva, Uli Roth, Satch, Mick Mars, Vitto Bratta, Nuno, use one back in the day ....

I have never seen Tony use a trem or YJM use humbuckers so should I avoid those features of guitars?

[Mincer]

I have never seen Tony use a trem or YJM use humbuckers so should I avoid those features of guitars?

Tony uses a trem in 'Mob Rules'.

[Archer250]

Interesting .... so quite a few of you have split into two camps, Use IT/Use it but ONLY DURING recording ...... would be great to see two camps debate. I am kind of leaning to the latter .... I think ..... although I've never seen my hearos George Lynch, Richie Blackmore, YJM, Tony Iommi, Criss Oliva, Uli Roth, Satch, Mick Mars, Vitto Bratta, Nuno, use one back in the day ....

Right, but how many videos of them exists of their studio recording sessions?

At the least though, I distinctly remember Marty Friedman at the least using a scrunchie to dampen strings while reording Scenes. Not sure if the vid is still up.