On 2/3/2011 10:06 PM, Marshall Gisondi wrote: > Hi Ron, > Would a brass false beat eliminator be better than a screwdriver blade, > less apt to nick the pin or slip and nick the string? or is that being > overly causious? Absolutely not. You are *NOT* seating the string, or even touching it. You are pressing the screwdriver against the *bridge pin* as a temporary *diagnostic indicator* of what's causing the false beat. In the capo section, which is where the false beat currently being discussed is, flagpoling bridge pins are the primary cause of false beats. Temporarily limiting the flagpoling with the screwdriver most likely stops the false beat as long as the screwdriver is there. This is *NOT* a fix. It is a diagnostic, indicating the problem as being the flagpoling pin. The fix is then preventing the pin from flagpoling, not seating the string. The "false beat eliminator" belongs in the trash, since it doesn't address the cause of the problem, and can only cause damage. Ron N
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