Falsies

[Ron Nossaman]

>Alan
>
>I've not heard of that, (But then I don't hear very well). False beats are 
>usually caused by the string not being seated on the bridge. If you have 
>false beats, tap down the strings, and it should eliminate the falsies. I 
>don't think raising pitch in one swell foop, or in small increments, is 
>going to change that.
>
>Wim


False beats are almost always caused by loose bridge pins. Seating strings 
doesn't tighten the bridge pin fit in the cap, so it doesn't fix a thing. I 
can't imagine why a pitch raise method would have any effect on any of this.

Ron N