I did not have the rubber baby bumper under my saddle, but my Touring is one of the early 2018 models and it came with a white Tusq nut and saddle. I'll be switching those out to the current black ones, not sure of the material, but the black ones are supposed to sound a little better too. And will look a heck of a lot better which is the main objective !! I did pull the UST out from under the saddle and it sounds clearer and better balanced to me. Nothing huge, but noticeable. I'm really liking this guitar, it seems to be improving the more I fine tune it. Of course the newer strings may be just settling in too...I'm real excited to see the new models coming soon. Suppose to be killer.
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John
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