Epidano Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Help!! I'd like to replace the plastic bridge pins on my new Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-45ME with some made of harder material—either bone or ebony. Does anyone know what size pins are used on this guitar? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickthemiller Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I changed mine and had to make the holes slightly bigger - I'm not sure where I got them because I had them in a tin of guitar stuff. The holes I made bigger by - I really daren't tell you - using a point of a pair of scissors. I stuck it in the hole and gave it a gentle turn so that it scrapped off a little bit of the inside of each hole - it worked for me.But then I'm a touch crazy - I also polished the top of my AJ-45ME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanker Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I have an Epi Hummingbird Pro and got my bridge pins from David Warther, www.guitarpartsandmore.com. Mine needed to be size 1, 1.3T to fit my guitar. I used a digital caliper to confirm the size. David sent them right out, and they fit great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger11 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Had to smile at your story with the scissors Mick. In the absence of a bevel I did something similar to enlarge the hole where you fit a pickup/straplock at the bottom of an old guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickthemiller Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I changed mine and had to make the holes slightly bigger - I'm not sure where I got them because I had them in a tin of guitar stuff. The holes I made bigger by - I really daren't tell you - using a point of a pair of scissors. I stuck it in the hole and gave it a gentle turn so that it scrapped off a little bit of the inside of each hole - it worked for me.But then I'm a touch crazy - I also polished the top of my AJ-45ME. I reckon I got the make do and mend mentality from my dad when I was a lad. He used to use a piece of glass as a plane - and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzariahJames Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 You can use emery cloth to sand down the pins, or drill out the holes a bit. I used the emery cloth to sand down the ebony pins i had on mine rather than drill the holes bigger. Either way its not hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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