Re: Why aren't all guitars equipped w/ pinless bridges
- From: Ken Cashion <kcashion@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 07:55:01 -0500
On 31 May 2007 04:33:36 -0700, 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?
Kevin Coffey
There is a structural reason. I had a 1955 pinless bridge that I had
to replace with a pin type. Over time, the rasping of the strings
being pulled through the hole wears the wood, the ball end will wear
on the hole, and the wrap of the string over wood will wear it away on
the wrapped strings and the thin strings will cut into the wood enough
to weaken it.
The pinless bridge was a carry-over from nylon string guitars and we
might ask, "why did steel string guitars change from pinless to pins?"
I think we know why the other method stopped being used...the
tailpiece.
Ken
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