Reilly - nice guitar! I'm strumming pretty much wide open on the chords - the only time I use some muting is on the single note fills and riffs to tame the higher open strings.

Sounds like maybe your open D string is drowning out the fretted notes? Perhaps strumming a bit softer might help?

You could also try a slight palm mute on the 4th string when strumming the D chord by barely resting your strumming hand on that string when strumming to tame it back a bit.

Finally, perhaps a different gage of strings might change how that 4th string rings out?

It might take a bit of experimentation to see what works best. Hopefully I gave you some ideas --- if not, let me know - perhaps I misread your question.

Let me know how it goes!

Mike

Originally Posted by: john.reilly66

I have a Martin D-1GT with D'Addario light strings. I find my 4th string D is ringing out all the time on the D (effectively D5) chord. Are you doing any right hand muting to get your sound?

Thanks

-reilly.