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I kept the bone ones... because they looked the nicest.
I also don't think weight makes much if any difference - the difference between even six brass and six plastic is tiny, and all the others are much closer. If you think it does, just blue-tack something of a similar weight to the bridge and see if you can tell.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
FOR:
* The treble strings definitely sound better: sweeter and more true. (That's with my heavy-handed RH technique.)
* Strummed sound is sweeter, more trebly, less boxy, less distorted. It is now more difficult to clip that very light spruce top and I don't have to be so very, very careful to strum lightly. (To be fair, it is a guitar designed for fingerpicking, so I'm outside the design parameters.)
AGAINST:
* I've lost some of that lovely bass growl. There is less bass, and what there is is less pleasing to the ear.
* It has more zing in general, not a lot, but enough to notice and I'm not sure I like that.
* Overall, there is a subtle loss of richness. I don't think it is as subtle a sound or as varied a dynamic as it was with the old pins.
I'll leave them on for a while and see how my ear adapts to them, and also give myself a chance to grow used to it and start playing to suit it.
I must admit, I'm a bit tempted to go silly and order a set of the Martin ones in the hope of getting most of the "for" features without any of the "against" ones, but let's not rush into that.
The weight difference, BTW, is 4 grams. That's probably not insignificant. I'm not sure that bluetack would work - wouldn't it need to be something reasonably rigid and non-absorbing? Wood, say, or metal rather than putty like damping substances. I have toyed with the idea of experimenting with clamps, but not actually tried it.
Im not stating it as opinion, just my thinking
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
(f= front not four)
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
My Subie is more comfortable with some weight in the back - they are not like that ex-factory but I have heavy-duty springs in it for off-road and outback use (because on a field trip I always have a lot of kit weighing it down). And practically every ute ever made is the same.
(Er .. I don't think you have utes in Blighty. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)
we do
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
This is wrong. If it was true then the Gibson Dove wouldn't be the cannon it is.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
or perhaps, and more likely - the top of a Dove, is "tamed" by the additional mass of the bridge ??!?
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
That's what you'd call a ''light truck'', it's not even remotely similiar to a ute, my last vehicle was a light truck, a Mitsubishi Barbarian, or Storm depending on which country you are in, a ute is actually built on top of a normal car chassis, where as light trucks/pickup trucks are built on truck chassis.
Meanwhile, having played it again today, it's good. Different but good. I'm not convinced that the sound is superior, but the guitar is more versatile with the brass pins. Have I sacrificed too much of its unique character though? It is more similar to my other guitars, especially the Messiah now: still itself, but not quite so distinctive. Hmmmm .... well, I don't have to decide tonight. Plenty of time.
From what you've told me (and also the odd Youtube thing) I suspect I won't especially like the Luxe, but I'd happily spend $50 just to try them out. But $160 or whatever the price was I mentioned on the other page was .... maybe not.
Next up I'll try the suggestion @sev112 made.