chet atkins sst

themaker · Post by **themaker** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:13 am

i bought this guitar about two months ago, and it's really playing well. When i changed my strings though, i noticed that a few...maybe 3 or 4 of the bridge pins had cracks/splits at the bottom.

my question is how the hell did that happen? did i tune my strings too high to cause such a crack? by the way the bridge pins are ebony.

thanks

GuitarGuy610 · Post by **GuitarGuy610** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 11:27 am

that sounds a little strange, what tunings have you had the guitar in?

grock · Post by **grock** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:55 pm

ebony pins are much more fragil than the plastic ones.

i remember when i went into the guitar shop with one of those plastic ones broken and the guys seemed really impressed that such a thing had occured.

you can get tusq pins which are even denser and stronger.

this is actually just something that happens. i don't think it is indicative of anything wrong with the guitar. if you have serious concerns, you can always bring it to a qualified tech.

GuitarGuy610 · Post by **GuitarGuy610** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:59 pm

thats cool, i never knew about that...

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:11 pm

My only thing would be buy new ones, cause if one of the pins splits while it's in the guitar, it could damage the guitar, or even worse, get stuck