RockyMtnAirShow

Yeah, that is a thought. You could combine the different pins to get a certain sound out of a certain string. Hmmmmm, I might have to try that.

After trying several different strings, and pins, I ended right back where I started from with the Tusq pins, and 80 /20 strings with coating - 11's, and 12's. Both sets sound good. With the Bone, you get better sustain, but you lose some top bass, and high end. You get some warmth. With ebony, you get more warmth and great sustain, but you still lose low and high end, and loudness. I guess Gibson knows this because the original pins and a good set of coated strings sound the best to keep the loudness, and peak high and low end tones, with clarity. You get some better sustain out of bone and ebony pins, and gain some warmth, but you lose the clarity of the high and low end tones, you lose some loudness, and the sustain is not that much of a difference to matter. I have tried a lot of strings on this Songwriter Deluxe Guitar, but I have found, the coated strings are good, less squeak, but that is more to the player than the strings. The 11's and 12's are great on the this Guitar after they are broken in. Also the more I play this Guitar the better it sounds. When it is plugged in, then you hear a difference and a benefit with the bone and ebony pins. You are able to keep the warmth, sustain, and compensate for the loss of the very high and low end tones, and when it is plugged in, then the bone and ebony pins are better. But most of the time, I am not plugged in. Our stage and building does not need it for an acoustic set of just me playing and singing. But, if I was playing plugged in most of the time, I would go with the ebony pins, Gibson, or Heritage 80/ 20 - (11) strings.

I ordered both a set of bone pins and a set of ebony pins to try out with some Elixir Strings Acoustic 80/20 Bronze Guitar Strings with POLYWEB Coating Custom Light (.011-.052) and the ( .012 - .052) I don't know if I will hear much difference but I want to check it out and see on a Gibson Songwriter Deluxe with the L.R. Baggs pickup. It only has the volume at the edge of the sound hole, so you can't even tell it has a pickup until you plug it in. But I would like to see if I can hear a difference between the pins that are on the Guitar now, and the Bone pins, and the Ebony pins.