>The degree to which the bushing helps depends on how much it has been crushed, how well it meets the pin hole, how many tunings have progressively crushed it, etc., and can vary from pin to pin. Personally, I doubt that they accomplish very much, especially after they have been crushed over time.< Crush, crush, crush. Sorry for the gibberish. It was getting late. What I meant to say was that the effectiveness of bushings varies not only from pin to pin but over time as well, eventually becoming next to nothing, in my experience. Paul Larudee
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