At 12:09 97-04-17 -0700, you wrote: >I simply must go away somewhere and figure this all out. > >Someday. I find this discussion very interesting. One thing that was not mentioned though is the fact that the bridge pins are softer material than the strings. When I remove these I usually can see indentations (is that English?). They actually are grooved. No wonder string want to stay up there. Since all the force is usually applied upward, that groove will have a tendency to be above the bridge plane. IMHO, that might be why when rebuilding it is necessary to replace these pins. The notching will help too, but I'm not so sure the sanding of the bridge would make such an improvement. Marcel Carey, RPT
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