Bridge pins

[RaysEpiphone]

Picked up some of these ebony pins, the guy at the store said there made of real ebony wood. they have made my FT-79 Texan (less than a year old) sound brighter.

 

Don't know if anyone else has changed plastic pins for these wooden ones but it defiantly sounds different.

 

 

 

Ray

[LivingOnIslandTime]

Picked up some of these ebony pins, the guy at the store said there made of real ebony wood. they have made my FT-79 Texan (less than a year old) sound brighter.

 

Don't know if anyone else has changed plastic pins for these wooden ones but it defiantly sounds different.

 

 

 

Ray

 

 

Ray,

 

I have no hands-on experience, as I'm waiting anxiously for my first EJ-200 Artist to arrive. That said, during my very meticulous 6-month search, I read more than 200 reviews about the guitar. About half the reviewers said they changed out the bridge pins; and of those, most of them switched to ebony. It was nearly unanimous that those pins made an already good-sounding guitar sound great. I'm just getting started playing, so I have no basis for comparison; but I'm going to play on the factory strings for a month or so, then switch them out to D'Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze and see about how much the ebony bridge pins will cost. You're just the latest in a very long line of people who are making that decision easier for me.

 

Thanks!

 

Karl

[dhanners623]

I've got ebony pins on a couple of my guitars, but for the IB'64 Texan, I went with camel bone pins. Aside from sounding great, I think they help give the guitar a vintage vibe.

[RaysEpiphone]

I paid less than 20 bucks (US) for the set of pins, 16.99 before tax I believe, Planet Waves brand. I was looking on line at a set of African elephant ivory that included the bridge, nut and pin's for a little under 50 bucks (US). You'd have to find some one too install the bridge and nut, unless you are an expert luthier I wouldn't mess with it, Id think it would cost you at least 30-50 more to have that done.

[Cthulhu fhtagn]

Fossilized wooly mammoth is also pretty good but you've got to shop around. Not all wooly mammoths sound the same!

 

[Sandro]

I've experimented a bit with bridge pins, both on a Larrivee OM-2 and my Martin OM-21 Special.

I'd say I can hear a difference from the cheap plastic pins both were equipped with an the others (ebony, buffalo bone, and bufalo horn) I tried.

But I'm not able to hear any difference between the three. In the end I'm keeping he ebony ones on my Martin ( I sold the Larrivee some months ago).

I think with plastic pins both guitars had a thinner, less full sound, but I must admit I could be influenced by knowing that it was a less noble material.

[strumbert]

I've experimented a bit with bridge pins. So far I have to say the fosslized pterodactyl tooth sounds best to my ear. ;-/

[Aoresteen]

I have just replaced my bridge pins on my 1975 Epi FT-135 with Tusq bridge pins and the difference was very noticable. They sound great. In fact I went ahead and replaced the pins on my Ibanez acoustic with Tusq as well. It's Nashville strung and the tone rings better.

 

I have an Epi FT-165 (1975-76) that's being rebuilt and I bought Tusk pins for it as well. I should have the 12 string back in a month or so and I will let you know how they sound.

 

 

It's a cheap upgrade and is well worth the price.

 

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