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kemosabe Approved
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I'm told bridge pins are a good feature on my new Hamano tenor, but I think I prefer the slot method of anchoring the strings. I need some advice, please. The pin is plastic and has a groove running its length, from the base of the ball to the tapered end. Does the knot go below the pin, with the string running along the groove? Or does the knot go alongside the pin, in the groove? The groove faced the neck. I guess I just don't understand the purpose of the groove. When I removed the stock strings, the rather large knot appeared to not be all the way down and below the tip of the pin. I quadrupled tied a large knot and shoved it into the hole with the pin, keeping the groove faced toward the neck. I thought I was doing everything right until my A string popped the pin out as I was tuning. It stung my hand and flew across the room and I almost never found it. Any help would be appreciated.
____________________ Robert |
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Will Approved 
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The guitar-style bridge anchor pin is supposed to have a groove in order to provide clearance for the string. Without the groove, the string would interfere with the emplacement of the bridge pin (which is supposed to fit snugly into the bridge holes). The bridge pin is supposed to secure the string knot against the bridge plate underneath the sound board. Bridge pins will sometimes pop out unless the string is bent slightly before anchoring them (this is especially true with steel-string guitars). Try bending the uke string about an inch or so above the knot, then make sure the grooved end of the bridge pin is facing the string before you anchor the bridge pin.
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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kemosabe Approved
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Thank you, Will. Sounds good. Since I can't see the bridge plate, do I just extend the knotted string down to where I think the plate is, and then insert the pin?
____________________ Robert |
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kemosabe Approved
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Oops. I didn't pay close attention. You said 1" above knot. Thanks.
____________________ Robert |
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ahalax06 Approved
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I too, just got this beauty. Unfortunatley my short experience with the pins has also been very negative. My a string shoots out every time, and I have to look all over for the pin. It has happened three or four times, and I am worried I will harm the uke. I just want to play it sooo bad, what should I do?
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Will Approved
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ahalax06 wrote: I too, just got this beauty. Unfortunatley my short experience with the pins has also been very negative. My a string shoots out every time, and I have to look all over for the pin. It has happened three or four times, and I am worried I will harm the uke. I just want to play it sooo bad, what should I do? It takes patience to learn how to anchor strings with bridge pins. When I was new at it, my bridge pins popped out often when I changed guitar strings. 1. Rotate all of your bridge pins so that the grooves of the bridge pins all face towards the fretboard. 2. Take the ball end of each string and bend the last inch of the string (or about the equivalent length of the bridgepin) at about a 90 degree angle before fitting the string into the groove. 3. Hold down the bridge pin with one hand and wind the tuning post with your other hand to bring the string up to tension. (What you are trying to do is to get the ball end of the string to anchor against the bridge plate below the uke top.)
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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kemosabe Approved
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Thank you, Will.
____________________ Robert |
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musicguymic Approved
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Will it depends if the ukulele has the extra groove in their bridge next to the bridge pin hole you do not want the groove in the pin to line up. All that does is make a big slot that allows the string to pull up the purpose of the little groove is to allow the string to slide into that slot with the knot below the bridge plate. the pin really then just keeps the string from coming out of the slot rather than holding the pressure from the string....
____________________ WOW I got another Uke!!!! |
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heyjude Approved 
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If I may add to the mix. The reason the bridge pin pops out when you're tightening the string is because the knot is not flush against the underside of the top (bridge plate) and the string is pulling up bringing the bridge pin along with it. When you put the knotted end down in the hole just push the bridge pin down enough to keep the string in the pin groove. Hold the pin in place and pull up on the string until it stops against the bridge plate. Then press the pin down firmly and when you tighten the string while tuning it should stay in place. As long as the string can move in the string slot it'll lift the bridge pin up. Insuring that the knot is firmly against the bridge plate will keep the string from moving. Jude
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