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Our Waverly Bone Bridge Pins are lathe-turned, with vintage style. These are high quality, old-style lathe-turned bridge pins in genuine bone.
Bridge pin specs:
- Overall length: 1.25" (31.75mm)
- Widest diameter (above collar): .320" (8.13mm)
- Shaft length: 1" (25.40mm)
- Shaft taper: 5-degree taper
- Shaft diameter just under collar: .220" (5.59mm)
- Shaft diameter at bottom of pin: .133" (3.38mm)
- String slot width: .070" (1.79mm)
Sold in sets of 6.
C. Bix
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
Materials used to manufacture bridge pins, saddles and nuts for guitars is a very subjective subject. In my humble opinion, it's hard to believe something so small and inconsequential to most people, can unify a bone bridge saddle and nut to produce such a wonderfully distinctive resonance. Bridge pins, saddles, and nuts made of plastic, tusq ivoroid, or metal can't cut the mustard in my book.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
Bought these bone bridge pins to replace the plastic ones on my 2001 Martin D35. First off, these are great looking pins with a slight vintage look. They are well made and great quality. However, they didn't quite fit my D35. They sat way too high on the bridge, so in order to make them work, I needed to fit each one individually to the bridge holes to lower them to an acceptable height. I wasn't going to ream the bridge holes on my D35, so it took me a couple hours of filing, sanding and polishing. A lot more work than I anticipated, but they now look and function great.
Pleased purchaser
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2023
I’ve tried several bone bridge pins. Some were ok, but these are insanely great. I got tired of sanding others so I reamed out the holes to fit (much easier than what some say if you take your time and make just a few turns at a time until all is well. Use a 1/8 to 1/2 reamer so it’s 5 degrees) plus sanding is difficult to keep the correct degree.I did however sand a slope on the end so the strings didn’t get hung at the bottom. Waverly is the absolute best bone pins I’ve ever seen. The sound difference was astounding. I also changed the bridge and nut to bone as well, used Elixer Nano light strings on a Jasmine s34c as a project and it sounds better than any high dollar guitar I’ve owned. If you want a quality bone bridge pin, these will not disappoint. So glad I found these and pulled the trigger on purchasing them.
Jordan Is G.O.A.T.
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
I use liquid metal in my D-28,D’Addario titanium pins in my Martin Custom D (now called “Special D Classic”),And these awesome Waverly (StewMac) bone pins with black dot on my Martin D-12 Koa.I don’t have to talk up the ones I use on my other guitars mentioned because they are amazing. But these right here, so so so perfect.As another reviewer mentioned, it’s very difficult finding bone bridge pins with black dots. They generally all come with paua - here looking at you Crosby ;)I personally like my guitar pins to match my rosette. So even though these were a little pricey, I still got them because Waverly is a quality line.I do notice a tidbit more sustain and it playing a notch higher. Perfect for balancing a Martin 💙
Bob
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022
I'm currently into bluegrass and trying to learn some runs. I thought I'd experiment and try for a little extra punch. These make my Martin HD28 look nice and sound a little brighter. I had plastic, tried Tusq, bone is best for me. I normally fingerpick, pick, and strum hard a lot. Here's the thing about their fit, though; They do not seat flush on the collar as I expected. But, I would not advise drilling into your bridge, sanding down the pins, or even sending them back as they work great. They are longer than the OEM plastic (and tusq) with a narrower channel. This design allowed the .56 E string to lock in just fine with no rising as I tightned. They all sit evenly in the bridge, just not seated at the collar as I thought they were supposed to. If you look at the photo attached (thats dust and a string reflection that looks like a crack) you can see exactly how they sit in my HD28. Once installed I tried loosening the strings and pulling the pin out with my fingers but could not without a puller -- that's a good indicator for me. I don't mind that they don't seat at the pin collar (and not sure they should) as long as they are even at the tops. I reckoned if I sanded one or more enough to seat at the collar they could fit too loose and widen the bridge hole eventually, so I did not . I like the look of these as they look original but are bone. I was satisfied with the OEM pins but these will change your HD28 sound a little for the better IMHO. A bit brighter with a little more sustain, but the balance of tone from string-to-string remained the same. Theoretically you could get a bum pin with bone (bubble, crack, etc.) but I've never run across one in the 4 or 5 sets I've bought so I discount that rumor until its true. I have a DC16GTE also with brass pins but that's what I like in that one especially when it is played through the amp, the point being each guitar has a personality and is different to me, not all necessarily needing new bridge pins. I liked the sound of the HD28 when I bought it but as it aged (2013) and things changed with how I played I started to use different strings and picks and as you know they all combine for the uniquely developed sound I wanted so that eventually my sound became different than factory, but better. I hope this helps you to determine if you need to change your pins or you may want to try tusq, brass, ebony, etc. or just leave them alone and try a different pick material or strings. But if you already have bone than these make great replacements and I think worth the extra money.
Jen
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020
Very beautifully made bone bride pins. These are expertly machined. I love the natural, unbleached color. It really complements the spruce top of my guitar and the cream binding very well. This is one of the only brands that makes unbleached bone pins with a plain black dot. Everyone else makes bleached ones with an abalone dot, which I have on another guitar of mine and while it looks nice, they don’t compare to the aesthetics of these waverlys.If the pins are too big for your bridge holes, you can sand them down to make them fit. I would start with 220 to get it most of the way and finish with 320 to smooth it out. Fortunately for me, these were the perfect size for my Alvarez AD60 dreadnought. If anything, they were slightly loose, but they seem to be holding the strings just fine.The sound is what you’d expect from a bone pin but I’ll admit it was hard to tell because this is a brand new guitar and I put brand new strings, and it already has a bone nut and saddle so noticing the slight increase in tone was hard but my guitar sounds fantastic either way.
P. Graff
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2018
Slots are narrower than stock Martin pins I wanted to replace. Would not secure 6th string and barely held the 5th on a light set of Martin acoustics on my 0-28VS. Ended up using my Dremel tiny grinder to widen the slot on the one pin. All good after that.
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