Sustain is the name of the game! Brittle-bronze, sometimes called by it's German name, "glocken-messing" (bell-bronze) is an extremely hard and very dense alloy. Because of it's composition, it is able to effectively store any energy that is transmitted to it, which is why--for centuries--it has been used as a material for the manufacture of bells.
A great deal of the energy that is generated by the striking or plucking of an acoustic guitar string is dissipated at the bridge and therefore wasted. The more solidly-built electric guitar utilizes its string energy much more effeciently than the lightly-constructed bridge area of even the finest acoustic guitar. However the new John Pearse® KingPins eliminate much of that energy loss, acting almost like small energy 'batteries' at the bridge-end of each string, allowing a more efficient use of the string energy--and greatly improving both sustain and tone!
If you have a guitar with a weak treble, you might just need to replace the first three pins--while one with a weak bass response should improve greately if you replace the pins that secure the wound strings. Incredibly, the replacement of JUST ONE PIN can markedly improve the character and tone of your guitar. Experiment!
To compliment these meticulously crafted pins, John has added a matching End Pin. Like the Bridge Pins, the massive yet delicate End Pin is available to match the set you choose - inlaid with a handmade Parisian Eye of Ebonite and Pearl, or plain brass
Parisian Eyes were first developed in the Eighteenth Century Europe as a decoration that a maker of violin bows would add to his finest bows. It seems fitting to add them to the new John Pearse® KingPins!
John Pearse® Bell Brass KingPins are packaged as a set of six slotted or unslotted Bridge Pins.
JOHN PEARSE® BONE GUITAR BRIDGE PIN SETS
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The New John Pearse® Bone Bridge Pin Sets are available in 3 different inserts:
[shown left to right], 6 pins to the set: Simple Abalone Dot Brass French Eye with Abalone Dot Ebonite French Eye with Abalone Dot. |
| Ever since ivory was banned John has been looking for a substitute that has all the same characteristics...and is just as beautiful!
Man-made plastics may come close but they just weren't close enough. So, he went looking for something that already existed in Nature..
the use of which would not be ecologically damaging.
Hand-made from the finest quality camel bone, these beautiful pins are indestinguishable from ivory and will make your guitar both look and sound marvelous! Throughout their lives camels carry such heavy burdens that, as a result, their bones--particularly in their legs-- develop a density that very closely approximates that of elephant ivory. For this reason, camel bone has long been favored by carvers who were delighted by its stability and the ease with which it could be polished. After carefully hand-lathing each pin, our artisans inlay it with a dramatic Parisian Eye in Ebonite, or brass, and Awabi Pearl. Specify block or pouch packaging. Also specify standard or larger pins. |
JOHN PEARSE® BUFFALO HORN GUITAR BRIDGE PIN SETS
