Bridge pins – why slotted?

[biffnix]

I’m just curious – I’m a new owner of a lovely sunburst OM Grand, and did my first string change (mostly just to try different strings, and see how they sound).

I found that the ebony bridge pins were slotted.  It surprised me, as the bridge appears to be cut for unslotted bridge pins.  What are the dimensions of the bridge pins?  I should have used the micrometer when I had the pins out, but I was wondering if I could replace them with these ebony unslotted bridge pins from StewMac.  What do you think, will they fit?

Thanks,

Joe G.
Bishop, CA

[indexless]

Hey Joe

Richard covers this in a podcast earlier this year I think. Soon we’ll have a summery archive for all the podcasts, stay tuned on this

thanks again

[biffnix]

Thanks – I’ll have to take a look at archived podcasts.  I’ll keep an eye out for them.

 

[SkyDog]

Are you the original owner? You can simply install the pins with the slots to the back.

[biffnix]

Yes, I’m the original owner.  I’m now led to understand that the bridges are half-slotted – that is, the bridge and the pins are both slotted to accommodate the width of each string.

 

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