[CAUT] False Beats and George Winston

[Ron Nossaman]

> I'm having a lot of success with tapping bridge pins with a nail set and small hammer.   This morning on a CFIII with one particular string in the high treble, tapping the bridge pin did not help the situation.   Lifting the string at the capo help clean it up though...I lifted all 3 strings.   
> 
> Seeing as it is Sunday, I will now testify that I rarely seat strings at the bridge anymore...The gospel according to Ron has slowly seeped in...and tapping bridge pins or CA works without damaging the bridge cap.
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT


Hi David,

One more time. Tapping bridge pins does exactly the same thing 
as seating strings and is at least as damaging to the cap and 
as temporary. If the screwdriver on the pin doesn't clear up 
the beat, that ain't it, and you need to look at the capo or 
something else. If the screwdriver test helps, CA the sucker 
if you absolutely have to have it clean. Test first before 
doing ANYTHING to ascertain where the noise is coming from.

Ron N