Hi Lance Interesting report. I would not have imagined that smoothing the kinks would have much of an effect. But then it sounds like you did really more then just smooth them out.... you stretched the whole area adjacent to the kinks with a string hook... which is interesting also. I will definitely give kinks a closer look in the future. The below is something I've posted about several times with regard to the idea that loose pins are a direct cause of false beats. This similar reduction between screwdriver and vicegrips speaks of a more general condition of springyness at the termination. As does a few other facts. Cheers RicB I also noticed a muting of the false beats with a screwdriver pressed on the offending string at the bridge cap AND I noted a similar reduction with a pair of visegrips put on the back bridge pin. Thanks again. Lance Lafargue, RPT > Hi Lance. > > I suspect the kinks themselves do little to contribute to the false > beats, and I doubt seriously un-kinking them will help. Rather... the > force required to create such a kink directed in against the > bridge/bridgepin is bound to cause some degree of springyness to the > termination as a whole. Not much you can do except to relieve that > condition as best as possible. CA may help, repinning may help... you > might consider repinning with epoxy. Check a few unisons to see how > deep/steep an indentation in the bridge wood has been made and look for > an elongation of the surface area around the bridge pin hole. > > Cheers > RicB
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