Re: Why aren't all guitars equipped w/ pinless bridges

Al Evans wrote:
In article <1180611215.996251.63690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
luna <kevincoffey@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


My question, after owning Lowdens, a Breedlove, and a McElroy, all w/
pinless bridges, for guitars thaT are not trying to be historically
correct copies of old Martins, Gibsons, ect.
Why aren't all guitars equipped w/ pinless bridges?

They seem to be better in everyway that I can see. Are there any
structural problems w/ pinless bridges?



Interesting. I've had a couple on a Breedlove and a Takamine, and of course on electric guitars, and I'll have to say I prefer bridges with pins. I don't much like having to pull the strings through the holes.

--Al Evans--

A little off the original posters question, but my Washburn XB800 electric bass had a bridge that you had to pull the strings right through to fit or remove.

A real PITA, particularly when removing the old ones with their curly ends.

Guess I could have just cut the curly ends off, but I'm a mean old sod in some ways, and bass strings can be boiled and reused in an emergency.

Anyway, I modified the bridge and body so that the string ball ends can be slipped under the bridge and into the slots in the bridge.

I have had a guitar (can't remember what it was) on which you had to maintain tension on the string while you wound the machine or the ball end could slip out of the slot in the bridge, and that was a PITA too.

MJRB
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