Are these a thing now? I've heard a few people on seperate occasions talk about them in the past few weeks
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It's just the most modern attempt at reducing sustain... One of my favorite rhythm tracks, ever, is George Harrison on What is Life.... It almost sounds like a banjo but he had woven yarn in between his strings right at the bridge to kill the sustain and leave the beautiful plunk.
I considered building a low sustain guitar one time, but decided it's a heck of a lot easier to just thread some yarn through the strings :-)What's so Funny about Peace Love and Understanding?
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About the same effect as mutes, which are built-in to certain Gretsches and Fender Jaguars and a couple other makes/models. Mutes are/were more common on bass. If it's a sound you like, go for it. Of course, you could just go to the pawn shop and buy a $25 sh!tty guitar and get the same result.
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I just saw some ads for them in Vintage Guitar. I have never heard about them. They were advertised on an archtop. That can't be good, right?Administrator of the SDUGF
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Josh at JHS had a video on a parlor guitar with a rubber bridge
I agree its trying th capture the lofi vibe of crappy blues guitars from the 1920sEHD
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