The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk
b'In 2010, a photographer named Reuben Cox moved to Los Angeles to start Old Style Guitar Shop. In the years since, the instruments that he continues to repair and sell have come to define the sound of the LA indie folk scene among artists like Blake Mills, Andrew Bird, Madison Cunningham, Ethan Gruska and Phoebe Bridgers.\\n\\nReuben\\u2019s guitars are Frankenstein-esque creations, cobbled together from spare parts and neglected guitar bodies found in flea markets and estate sales. The sounds that these make, though, are as eccentric as their source: the strings are laid on top of Reuben\\u2019s signature, a rubber bridge.\\n\\nThis sound, and the mythos of the rubber bridge guitar, has turned Reuben into a local celebrity and put Old Style at the center of Los Angeles\\u2019s indie music scene. In this episode of Switched on Pop, host Charlie Harding explores that sound and the man behind it all.\\n\\nSongs Discussed (playlist)\\n\\nTaylor Swift - champagne problems\\n\\nOlivia Rodrigo - hope ur ok\\n\\nboygenius - Emily I\\u2019m Sorry\\n\\nJenny Owen Youngs - Vampire Weeknight\\n\\nAndrew Bird - The New Saint Jude\\n\\nMarcus Mumford - Only Child\\n\\nPerfume Genius - Slip Away\\n\\nAndrew Bird - Underlands\\n\\nMadison Cunningham - Anywhere\\n\\nMadison Cunningham - Life According to Raechel\\n\\nPhoebe Bridgers - Garden Song\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'