Originally Posted by: JonChorbaWhen you are picking, are your middle, ring and pinky fingers extended, like as if your right hand was making an "OK" gesture? If so, try bringing those fingers in and have them "rest" on the higher strings.

Depends what kind of "muting" you are talking about. I assumed this thread was talking about a palm muted sound, not mute as in a dead string that makes no sound.