False Beats

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@KSCABLE.com
Tue, 05 Sep 2000 07:51:20 -0500


>So often these makers use bridge pin inclinations which are insufficient and 
>a string offset angle which is often below 10 degrees.
>
>I learned a lesson the hard way a recently. Ten degrees of string offset 
>angle and twenty degrees of pin inclination certainly works well.
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> I have suspected for while that insufficient string offset 
>angle to contributes to falseness. The bungled bridge cap saga prove it!

Hi Ron,
 You use a little more inclination angle than I do, but yes - I agree.
insufficient inclination and offset angles just don't clamp the string down
well enough for positive termination. Some caveats apply. <G>

Ron N


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