You might occasionally encounter an older guitar with a thin
bridge or a string with a longer double winding adjacent to the
ball end.
Shown above is an old luthier’s trick or remedy. An extra
ball from an old string is placed over the string and drawn against
the first ball. This will effectively back the string into the bridge,
removing the heavy area of the string from direct saddle contact.
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The strings are held in place at the bridge by a small notch in
the front edge of each bridge pin.
Make sure that the ball end of
the string is pulled tightly up against the inside of the top before
inserting the bridge pin. Older Martin guitars may have small
slots in the front of the bridge pin holes, but these are no longer
necessary with the new style bridge pins. After inserting the string
and pin, a firm push with your thumb on the pin is all that is
needed to keep in place. The tension of the string and the
proper positioning of the slot in the bridge pin will hold the
saddle in place and the strings in proper alignment.
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