Is plastic fantastic?
I've had the ebony pins in.....too dark.I've now had the bone pins in a month or two. Just doesn't seem right some how, still haven't put my finger on it yet. I don't know for sure if I'm nuts or my...
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I swapped out the plastic pins on my HD-28 for bone, and went back to the stock Martin plastic pins. To me the bone just sounded to bright on the treble side. From now on, I'm done changing out pins,...
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Quote:The problem with plastic pins isn't their sound. It's that Martin uses a malleable plastic that compresses (dents), bends, and eventually begins to allow the string ball to pull into the...
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Thanks, Kev - That's all the information I need to at least try those buff horn pins!..I used a set on a Gibson J-30 that I once owned, and I liked them on that. I thought they looked terrific, as...
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I switched to ivoriod. They are harder than the stock plastic pins. Richard
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I guess I have Pin GAS, because I've tried them all. Honestly, the one that seems to impress me the most is boxwood. I haven't found a guitar yet that boxwood pins didn't improve.I still have ebony in...
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There was an interview with Neil Young's guitar tech, who swears by putting ebony in the low three strings (to increase bass) and water buffalo horn in the trebles (to increase, well, treble and...
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You may find these two articles by the Toddmeister helpful:www.maurysmusic.com/bone_...d_s_reviewwww.maurysmusic.com/water...d_s_reviewFleiger, President & CEO, Total Guitar Fraud Club
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for what it is worth, I did a little comparison in my old D-18 of plastic, bone, ebony, brass and no pins and posted the clips in the Tech Section of www.thekrashsite.com/hcag/You can load two clips...
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I just swapped out black buffalo horn pins that I have had in my OM-42 Custom over the last two years and put back in the original black plastic with abalone inlay pins. I can't tell the slightest...
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Jim - You are more than welcome my friend. Let me know what you think.Thanks,Kev.
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Quote:I can tell much more immediate difference in sound by changing picks than I can with the different bridge pins I've tried.Ditto that! Besides the bone pins in my D-16TR that seem to clear the...
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Dave, What kind of saddle (material) are you using on your D-42? ThanksJoe
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Joe,Bone saddle and nut on my 1997 D-42. Both installed around 9 years ago. I also have a Platemate installed. The Platemate slightly changed the tone of my LSV and D-!6TR. Both for the better,...
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"What is your setup?"My saddle is a compensated FMI, still have the corian nut that came on it, bone bridgepins (I recently slotted the bridge and just turned those around). I think that has picked...
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I think of pin materials as an easyand easily reversibleway to tweak the sound. Wooden pins can take away a little brightness and harshness, if that's what you want to accomplish. Bone and ivory...
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Maybe I missed it, but no one has yet mentioned how the different sets of pins fit in the stringholes. I found on a few guitars that bone pins didn't give me the improvement I expected mostly because...
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I've never felt the need to swap out the original pins in my HD-28, D-18, or LXM for that matter. My old Alvarez still sports its original plastic, as well.Chris"Fear The Dreads!"Support "Friends of...
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Quote:figured I'd boost tone with quality pins but haven't really found what I'm looking for.Quote:The ebony pins seem to mute the trebs and mids while allowing the low end to continue unabated. For...
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I've never done this before with any of my Martins, but I am going to leave my D-18 Authentic totally stock, including the plastic bridge pins. It sounds so good right out of the box that there is no...
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