More classic false beat tricks

[Richard Brekne]

Hey there Joe

Works for both slow and fast beating false beats... tho funny thing is
when dealing with a rapid twitter as you call it, its not so much as the
beat disappears entirely as it is it quites it down very much. Doesnt
seem to effect the speed of the beat.  With slow false beats they seem
to just go away.  I'm not really sure whats exactly happening here, but
clearly one is adding to the strings speaking length when applying CA,
some oil or protek as described below.   Where as a screwdriver coupled
to the bridge pin will slow down the false beat with increased pressure
until it stops.... and then if you increase pressure further start to
appear again and gain speed with more and more pressure.... adding to
the string as mentioned below does not seem to affect the speed of the
false beat, but rather somehow either damps it or alleviates some
condition in the string that contributes to the false beat. The pitch
drop may be related...or just another affect.

How any of this would affect the back scale I dont know... what got you
thinking about that ?  I have tried of course applying to various
lengths... but it seems the speaking length is the only one where any
noticeable affect results.

Cheers
RicB



        Hi Richard,
        Interisting. My thought would be that you have masked the load
        on the string
        and the thin spot that is deviding the string into unequal
        parts. Or helping
        to stop the back scale from ringing.
        How fast was the false beat/ A slow roll or a rapid twitter or
        helped in
        both cases?
        Joe Goss RPT
        Mother Goose Tools
        imatunr at srvinet.com
        www.mothergoosetools.com



     > Hi folks...
     >
     > I ran into another interesting goodbit dealing with classic false
    beats
     > the other day.  Turns out in very very many situations dealing
    with the
     > kind of false beat that gets affected by coupling mass to the
    nearest(s)
     > bridge pins also reacts positively to the string being <<washed>>
    so to
     > speak with protek... valve oil... CA glue... just about anything that
     > will stay on the string.  I find that a couple drops of protek spread
     > between the bridge pin and the striking point works best.  The
    effect is
     > immediate and is accompanied by a predictable pitch drop for the
    treated
     > string.  I wouldn't suggest letting any oil or such getting into the
     > bridge pin mind you.
     >
     > The thing is, this suggests that the classic false beat can be dealt
     > with by adding mass to the string itself. Which in turn raises more
     > questions with regard to the actual cause of the false beat to
    begin with.
     >
     > Cheers
     > RicB
     >