Quick question on bridge pin sizes....

SlopeSoarer

... when I last changed the strings on my Faith Saturn I noticed a couple were looking a little worse for wear but have bee fine.

Before I change the strings again I'm going to buy some new pins, are they a standard size?

ICBM

SlopeSoarer said:

... when I last changed the strings on my Faith Saturn I noticed a couple were looking a little worse for wear but have bee fine.

Before I change the strings again I'm going to buy some new pins, are they a standard size?

More or less, yes - I think any modern guitar will take the standard size. The most common exception is old Eko pins which are larger.

If they're chewed up, are you taking then out with pliers? You shouldn't need to, they do not need to be forced into the bridge. It can help to deliberately kink the ball end slightly before you put it down the hole so the pin slides past it more easily - the pin can actually be quite loose in the hole as long as the ball end can't move back into it.

If they're really stuck, push them out from inside the guitar with a pick or a coin to protect the end of your finger.

SlopeSoarer

ICBM said:

SlopeSoarer said:

... when I last changed the strings on my Faith Saturn I noticed a couple were looking a little worse for wear but have bee fine.

Before I change the strings again I'm going to buy some new pins, are they a standard size?

More or less, yes - I think any modern guitar will take the standard size. The most common exception is old Eko pins which are larger.

If they're chewed up, are you taking then out with pliers? You shouldn't need to, they do not need to be forced into the bridge. It can help to deliberately kink the ball end slightly before you put it down the hole so the pin slides past it more easily - the pin can actually be quite loose in the hole as long as the ball end can't move back into it.

If they're really stuck, push them out from inside the guitar with a pick or a coin to protect the end of your finger.

Thanks for the reply. From memory where the groove in the pin is, a section was coming off running the length of the V (if that makes sense) on a couple of pins. Up to now there has been no problem getting them out. I'd just sooner have it right so as to avoid issues further down the line.

Thanks again

Simon