Need help on mute trick

Please I need alittle help on this little trick on guitar. I think its when You are playing something and you put your palm down fast on the strings to stop the sound completely really qwuick. I tsounds almost like a quick nock on the string. I can do it rarely and onyly when my apms turned up loud. I have a marshall avt 50.
Settings:
Clean
Gain: 5
Bass: 6
Treble: 9

OverDRive
Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Middle: 0
Treble: 4
REverb: 5 1/2

I would like to kjnow if its all in the hand or can you recomend any settings for my amp. I find it easier when I play at my local guitar store(sam ash); I play better equipment with some good effects and I can get some good osound but I want to have some suggestions to how I would get this style. The trick I see is used by David Gilmore alot. The guitar player from Piunk floyd. In Comfortably numb. I want to have that sound. he stops the notes abrubptly alot it sounds cool I want to know tips. please anything would help. I head that the Big muff distortion pedal is exelent for getting the perfect distortion for what Im looknig for.

Originally posted by GuitarLearner
Please I need alittle help on this little trick on guitar. I think its when You are playing something and you put your palm down fast on the strings to stop the sound completely really qwuick. I tsounds almost like a quick nock on the string. I can do it rarely and onyly when my apms turned up loud.

I think what you are refering to is called staccato. It's when you play a note and quickly mute it, so if you were to play a group of them together. It would sound really choppy. If this is what your looking for, it has nothing to do with your amp. To play a staccato note, all you do is play a note and then quickly lift you finger off the fret you played. Muting it. It's in your fretting hand not your picking hand. For open notes played staccato style, you play the note then quickly lay your fingers down on the strings to mute it. As for getting Gilmore's sound, I have no clue. I have a Line 6 Pod with it built in, but I don't know the settings. But hopefully I was able to help you out man. Latr

Dud I have looked far and wide for stuff and that is awsome thanks for the help dude.i have never seen any lessons with that in it. you should be proud of your skill.

No Problem man, glad to help. :)