Members TommyT5 Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) . Edited July 12, 2018 by TommyT5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 My household is 100% bridge pin-free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 In all seriousness, though... although I am not a fan of bridge pins (I find them unpractical and ugly), all the steel string flat tops I've ever owned had bridge pins. Proof that pinless vs. pinned bridge is only a minor concern when I select a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm BI-PINUAL:lol: I don't care either way. I have both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members totamus Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I am pretty pin neutral. Pins in the bridge is not a consideration when I look for a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McNulty Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 :poke: Dude! Without bridge pins, how the hell are we gonna have long threads that argue ad nauseum about the tonal effects of such things? What's next? A guitar with no nut or saddle? Just where will we be then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 Pinnless, of coarse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I could go either way. I've never had a pinless bridge guitar so I know nothing else other than dealing with pins. Not a big deal. I like the look, and the ease of restringing, of a pinless bridge, but not where the ball ends are sitting so proud. If you're going to craft a pinless bridge, at least recess the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 Years back I traded a portable keyboard to a guy at work for one of those inexpensive Ovation Celebrity guitars as a beater and it had the pinless bridge. I actually like the look and of course convenience of pinless bridges. I wonder why more companies don't adopt this design. I mean during the manufacturing process wouldn't it save time and materials? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I like the look, and the ease of restringing, of a pinless bridge, but not where the ball ends are sitting so proud. If you're going to craft a pinless bridge, at least recess the holes. Agreed. The holes in my Breedlove are proudly recessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 Pinless bridges "drive the top" differently than a pinned bridge will...used to have a Harmony Sovereign H655 (Harmony's version of a Gibson J-160E, basically) and, at one point, I had the pinless bridge replaced w/ a pin-bridge (all that was in stock)...did change the unplugged sound somewhat, in that it had more sustain and a bit more bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm with Terry. Pinless bridges will drive the top differently than a pinned bridge. A pinned bridge has the advantage of placing more downward pressure on the saddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 Under why more companies don't adopt this design. I mean during the manufacturing process wouldn't it save time and materials? IIRC earlier discussions on this topic with Gary Palmer, it's actually the opposite: pinned-bridges are easier (and cheaper) to manufacture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I would hate to lose some really cool unique bridge pins. Say I just lost one of em but theyre discontinued or something Then i would have to change ALL of em or have non matching pins! They generally come in sets of 7, just in case you do...otoh, expensive ones you'll likely tend to keep track of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 IIRC earlier discussions on this topic with Gary Palmer, it's actually the opposite: pinned-bridges are easier (and cheaper) to manufacture. hmmmm..I guess it's pretty well a simple process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm BI-PINUAL:lol: I don't care either way. I have both. Yeah...I honestly don't give a hoot. I was going to vote, but then I realized that I didn't know which one to pick . My Ovation has a pinless bridge, but both of my Seagulls have bridge pins. I have guitars with both types, and I don't prefer one over the other just because of the bridge style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Krash Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I have one of each. The guitars they're on are completely different, so there's no way to compare them. I love 'em both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 and, at one point, I had the pinless bridge replaced w/ a pin-bridge (all that was in stock)...did change the unplugged sound somewhat, in that it had more sustain and a bit more bottom. It's only because of the different weights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knockwood Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 Give me teh pins. With pinless bridges, I'm afraid they will fly off the top and shear off someone's pecker. In selecting a guitar, as in most endeavors, my first consideration is pecker safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 It's only because of the different weights! I see what you did there. And I in your general direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaurentB Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 I noticed that Crafter switched from pinless bridges to bridge pins, AND that people's opinions about them have become much more positive. I sometimes wonder of there's a connection. My pinless one doesn't seem to respond enough to the strings, I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted August 12, 2009 Members Share Posted August 12, 2009 In my 14 guitar acoustic collection I have only two that don't have pins... my cheapo classical and my cheapo Ovation. The other 12 do have them and until recently I never really thought about that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 I don't really care one way or another. Every steel string acoustic I've ever wanted to own has had pins, but that could easily have been coincidence or tradition of the builders I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outdoorgb Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 I have one of each. The guitars they're on are completely different, so there's no way to compare them. I love 'em both. I have a bunch of pinned and one pinlesss...I agree with Krash... And, I love em big, I love em small, I love em all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clif Schlicher Posted August 13, 2009 Members Share Posted August 13, 2009 As I understand it, Martin insists on bridge pins because they are such a marvelous use of plastic. Clif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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