string dents

[RicB]

Hi Lance

Interesting report.  I would not have imagined that smoothing the kinks 
would have much of an effect. But then it sounds like you did really 
more then just smooth them out.... you  stretched the whole area 
adjacent to the kinks with a string hook... which is interesting also.  
I will definitely give kinks a closer look in the future.

The below is something I've posted about several times with regard to 
the idea that loose pins are a direct cause of false beats. This similar 
reduction between screwdriver and vicegrips speaks of a more general 
condition of springyness at the termination. As does a few other facts.

Cheers
RicB

    I also noticed a muting of the false beats with a screwdriver
    pressed on the
    offending string at the bridge cap AND I noted a similar reduction
    with a
    pair of visegrips put on the back bridge pin.  Thanks again.

    Lance Lafargue, RPT



         > Hi Lance.
         >
         > I suspect the kinks themselves do little to contribute to the
        false
         > beats, and I doubt seriously un-kinking them will help.
        Rather... the
         > force required to create such a kink directed in against the
         > bridge/bridgepin is bound to cause some degree of springyness
        to the
         > termination as a whole. Not much you can do except to relieve
        that
         > condition as best as possible.  CA may help, repinning may
        help... you
         > might consider repinning with epoxy.  Check a few unisons to
        see how
         > deep/steep an indentation in the bridge wood has been made
        and look for
         > an elongation of the surface area around the bridge pin hole.
         >
         > Cheers
         > RicB