Bridge pins

[James_Russell]

For those of you I did'nt meet in my first thread, Hi, I'm James.

I have an electro-acoustic crafter (see avatar) which has really nice ivory/cottage cream colour binding, nut, and bridge, but the bridge pins are horrible brilliant white plastic and I think it really detracts from the looks of an otherwise beautiful guitar. I've seen others, like wooden ones, brass ones and obviously different coloured plastic ones, but before I buy some, I was just wondering what difference the pins, particularly the brass ones, would make to the sound and sustain of the guitar?

Thanks in advance for your help,

-James

[babablowfish]

Go to the Unofficial HCAG Annex at the top of the front page and all your questions will be answered in the Technical section

[simplygoodmusic]

A yes, you've come to the right place.

 

Listen to baba and go to the annex.

[Michael Martin]

 

I was just wondering what difference the pins, particularly the brass ones, would make to the sound and sustain of the guitar?

 

I switched to brass for my Yammie jumbo (it had plastic). They do make a noticeable difference in brightness and sustain, either plugged or amplified through my I-Beam/Gigpro/House PA. I'm really happy about the change (and I already liked the guitar's tone--I was just curious)--now that I know how to put the damn things in! (Hint: bend ball-end of string about 3/4"' up from the ball prior to insertion in bridge plate)

 

Whoever it was who suggested that string-bend method awhile back--I owe you big time.