Recording King Justin Townes Earle Parlor Rubber Bridge w/ Flats & GB (2020s - Sunburst)

Quick Specs
Model: Justin Townes Earle Parlor
Strings: Flats 13
Tuning: E Standard
Finish: Sunburst
Notes & Playability:Awesome - the JTEs are always great!

The JTE Recording King is probably the rubber bridge I have made the most, and I am getting pretty good at if I do say so myself! 

These have a reasonably loud and deaden tone naturally, so it makes them great rubber bridge guitar. These always sound fantastic, and they have dual acting truss rods so they are easy to set up and safe to take out for gigs! 

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THE NASHVILLE RUBBER BRIDGE SOUND!

You guys asked and we listened. RUBBER BRIDGES ARE BACK IN STOCK! From now on, we will be posting our rubber bridge guitars up on our Reverb store and website about once quarterly. Check our social media for the date of our next drop.

If you follow my shop at all, you know I have been making the electrified parlors for a while now. A few years ago, I started getting repeated (and I mean REPEATED) asks for set-ups with rubber bridges. At first I was like "wtf, how would anyone do that?" After some careful research and development, I now have rubber bridges of my own design. You can hear a sample on my Instagram story archive: @jacksguitarcheology

SIDE NOTE: Contact me if you are looking to have your guitar converted to a rubber bridge. We can convert certain models for a fee. We will no longer be selling "a la carte" rubber bridges as they need to be tailor made for the guitar in question, and it is hard to do that without the guitar on hand.

As you might notice, my design differs from the LA style rubber bridge. I came up with this bridgecraft method of my own that uses a wooden core saddle to create an intonation point and mimic the shape of the original wooden bridge these guitars would have had. The result is a tone that is still muted, yet bouncy and "bongish," - it is not quuuuite as muted out as the LA bridge design.

As always we oiled the board, changed the strings, polished the finish and tweaked the set up. These old girls were not meant to handle large amounts of string tension, so getting light gauge strings on your first string change is CRUCIAL. I recommend .10s / .11s for standard tuning and .12s / .13s for Baritone tuning. I pack my guitars up tight and insure every package for the full purchase amount. All pre-1980 acoustic guitars without adjustable truss rods will be sold "as is" regardless of condition. (See my shop policies for more information.)

If you want a good example of what my rubber bridge guitar sounds like, check out the "Rubber Bridge" story archive on my Instagram: @jacksguitarcheology

Got questions? Shoot me a message, I love nerding out with other gearheads!