Members athomas Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 I am looking to get a pinless bridge acoustic (other than ovations) for my neice. She is just starting to play and I want to keep things simple for her. I am not a fan of pinless bridges, so I am not sure what else is out there other than ovations. If i can get an A/E pinless bridge for under $200 that would be great.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 Some of the old Harmony Sovereigns had pinless bridges, and you could add a P/U in time! left used to have one of these...very cool sound plugged-in!
Members utterhack Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 The entry-level Breedlove Atlas aren't under $200, but can be found used for pretty reasonable prices. Look for an AC200 (concert) or an AD200 (dread). Both go for $499 new.
Members athomas Posted September 22, 2007 Author Members Posted September 22, 2007 Ok forget A/E just Acoustic.. she doesn't need to plug it in just yet. Are there anymore sugesstions.
Members dhoenisch Posted September 23, 2007 Members Posted September 23, 2007 Well, if she's a little one, you can start her out on this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rogue-Starter-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=519266 There are a lot of good reviews on Musician's Friend, and a good review on this site as well. I ordered one as a travel guitar, but haven't gotten it yet, so I can't give you my opinion on it. (they say they upgraded their computer system, and that's why mine hasn't shipped yet). Dan
Members Cripes Posted September 23, 2007 Members Posted September 23, 2007 Classical with ball end strings? They're small enough and the strings won't rip her little fingers up. The draw back is learning to string up a slothead.
Members athomas Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Posted September 27, 2007 thanks guys. I am going to take a look at that rogue
Members Freeman Keller Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 Some Lowdens are pinless, altho they are out of your budget (and there was an interesting thread a while back about the bridge being ripped of of one or more cedar topped Lowdens). But I need to ask, what is your issue with pinned bridges? If she can learn to do a the other things to maintain her guitar (like change strings in general) she ought to be able to deal with pins (get her a string winder with a good puller and make sure the pins are properly reamed and seated when you get the guitar set up). Oh, other pinless bridges are anything with a floating bridge - archtops, those old Harmonys, Stellas, resonators, and things like that.
Members dhoenisch Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 thanks guys. I am going to take a look at that rogue Wait! Before you do, you may want to check out this post http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1756086 I'd hate for Musician's Friend to screw with you, after I made the suggestion. Dan
Members happy-man Posted September 27, 2007 Members Posted September 27, 2007 My wife got me one of these as a gift a year ago or so: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Planet-Waves-Pro-String-WinderCutter?sku=360253 It has winder, pin puller and wire cutter in one. Very handy for making string changing easier. The only caveat so far: I used it on my parlor which has small tuning knobs, and the plastic of the winder rubbed against the headstock wood and made marks (damn! and I try not to swear). I still recommend it though. Nice not having to hunt around for wire cutters when I change strings. And the pin puller for whatever reason works better than the one on the winder I used to use (which I relegated to the garbage after I got this one). Scott O I've had good luck with MF, but I'm not advocating them with my link. That's just where I instinctively went to search for the winder I wanted to show you.
Members athomas Posted September 27, 2007 Author Members Posted September 27, 2007 thanks dan .. for the warning. She was thinking about an ovation so ... thats where the pinless bridge thing came from.
Members utterhack Posted September 29, 2007 Members Posted September 29, 2007 I was going to ask... really the only advantage w/a pinless bridge is speed when changing strings on the fly. If she's not going to be on stage, a standard bridge should be fine.
Members larry50 Posted September 30, 2007 Members Posted September 30, 2007 The Breedlove Atlas series uses pinless bridges that sound very nice. Here is my AD20/SR+:
Members dhoenisch Posted September 30, 2007 Members Posted September 30, 2007 I was at Sam Ash today, and found a Brownsville dread that had the string-through bridge for only $89 that actually sounded quite good. Might be worth looking into. Dan
Members DonK Posted September 30, 2007 Members Posted September 30, 2007 Some Takamines have pinless bridges, though I don't know if there are any in your price range, which I think would keep you in the Jasmine line. I had an EAN-70 that had a pinless bridge.
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