Bridge Pins For Your Larrivee

[slim]

I just saw this question posed at HC and wanted to make it more specific to Larrivee guitars.  What are your preferences for bridge pins?

Slim

[Hugendubel]

Ivory with pearl dots. Just for the looks.

[unclrob]

The Tusq with a bone saddle

[Fingertwister]

Black plastic with abalone dots

[sevenup]

can't afford ivory nor tusq. Plastic wears out quickly. That leaves Ebony and Brass.  Never tried brass, but Ebony seems to increase the sustain and slight warmer sound.

[mjvincent]

Kinda on topic...  Does anyone hear a difference in the bridge pins (like the tusq to bone bridge) changing from plastic?  I was considering going to bone or brass...

[slim]

I didn't expect such a diverse response...   :o  

[Zach]

I like ebony with abalone dots.  

[unclrob]

I've used brass on my original Guild on the the bass string's to help bring back some bass responce.I left plastic in the other 3 spot's.

[wyodeb]

I like ebony with abalone dots.

Me, too!

Deb

[Fingertwister]

This is necessarily subjective, but it seems to me that the denser the bridgepin material, the more it emphasises bass response at the expense of top end/attack (kinda makes sense, intuitively); ergo, plastic"lighter" than Tusq, which is lighter than ebony , which is lighter than brass, etc ;so moving from lighter to denser will add warmth (not so sure about sustain) with consequent trade-off of reduced treble/attack - if this is so, then other factors such as the instrument's inherent tonality/volume/brightness, & the player's style/touch/sound-preference would all have a bearing, so ultimately it's all down to the particular player & instrument & experimentation.(Haven't tried bone/horn/FWI pins yet, interested in others' results?) Just my view, sorry about verbiosity!

[edroper]

I just finished installing ebony pins in my rosewood parlor.  
To me the parlor was a little harsh sounding with the plastic pins. It has a much warmer and fuller tone with the ebony. I was going to make a bone a saddle for it but it sounds so much better now I think I'll wait on that.

[jazz_alta]

I use plastic with abalone dots. Tried ebony but found they made my sound too harsh.  

[WAFU Man]

I've put slotted brass pins in the Larrivee and Seagull and prefer the sound over the cheap plastic pins provided as stock.  I think it gives greater sustain and clarity and a better bottom end, but I do want to try other options when I get the chance.

[fitness1]

I picked up some D'andrea brass pins at Edlerly's on Thursday.  I waited until the strings on my OM-09 were just starting to go a little and dropped them in......I  have had these before, but never experienced the difference quite so drastically....immediate change in sustain and brightness (maybe too much)  Time will tell! :P  

[edroper]

Jazz,
Its funny how we all hear different things with these changes in materials. I've seen the same thing in discusions of saddle materials.

Ed

[mjvincent]

I just put in Boxwood pins on my D-03R (got them on ebay real cheap).  I have found that it adds a bit more sustain to the guitar and it matches the spruce top perfectly...