Rubber Bridge?

[Chistopher]

Are these a thing now? I've heard a few people on seperate occasions talk about them in the past few weeks

 

[idsnowdog]

Yes, they are. I wouldn't try it with a good guitar. I would try it with a cheap acoustic instead. It's supposed to approximate the sound of early Delta blues.

 

[Securb]

In the 70s Ovation put nylon saddles on some of their electrics for a short period. I got the brass saddles thank God

 

[zionstrat]

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

 

[beaubrummels]

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.

 

[Mincer]

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?

 

[eclecticsynergy]

You might try a piece of foam rubber under the strings near the bridge.
I believe bass mutes were closed-cell foam similar to the stuff used under P90 pickups.

 

[ehdwuld]

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 1920s

 

[Demanic]

Definitely something that I'll pass on.

 

[idsnowdog]

When I was in high school my uncle gave me an old Pencrest steel string acoustic and I put a strat pickup in the sound hole. It was perfect for the alternative and grunge of the era.

 

[beaubrummels]

Looking at the threads here, sounds like Hsb has a guitar they'd like to sell you.

 

[solspirit]

I think I'd rather have a rubber biscuit

 

[Hsb]

Looking at the threads here, sounds like Hsb has a guitar they'd like to sell you.

If the price is right