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Originally Posted by kp8
uhm.. no. That is not what i am talking about.
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I know what you write, it's that i disagree. You say the vibration is "stopped at the bridge", someone else says saddle. I'm saying the vibrations travel to the ball end and "how" that last part of the string touches wood and the density of the material that is used to pressure fit the string to the soundboard via da bridge (bridge pin) all shape the tone of an acoustic guitar.
Take the example/analogy of the "Fat Finger", a brass plate made to attach to the headstock on an electric guitar, gave the guitar more sustain and "fattness",... past the nut which in your theory would terminate the vibrations and anything past that would not effect the tone.
Put Grovers on a vintage tele and the guitar sounds different.
Back to the original post,... do fossilized ivory bridge pins improve a guitar $80 worth?
No. But they do look cool.