weird string

[Ron Nossaman]

> It has very little sustain. The tone is odd, different than any other 
> strings around it.   The pitch seems to go flat after the attack, and 
> I'm talking 50 cents flat.  (It kind of sounds like, 
> "Dow-ooohhh-nnnnn")  When plucked you get a completely different pitch 
> than when struck with the hammer.  

I used to find something similar to this in Baldwins, though 
the dialect might have been a little different. In that case, 
it was mislocated bridge pins. The strings were only touching 
one pin. Plucked, it sounded harmless. Whack it with a hammer 
and it whanged! If that's not it specifically, I'd still 
suspect the bridge.

Or just mute the string and walk away smiling.

Ron N