Wood bridge pins

[MikeB]

Anyone substituted solid wood bridge pins for the factory ones?  I put some boxwood ones on my older Fender a/e, not sure it made much of a difference in the sound or not.     There are so many wood materials available, as well, from ebony to maple and rosewood.

[jerrytubes]

From my past experience, bridge pins don't make a noticeable sound change.  I've gone from ebony to bone on my 314ce.  They look better, but...........

[Strumming Fool]

I have experienced a difference in sound when I've gone from wood (ebony) to other materials (bone, water buffalo horn). It's subtle, but it's there. Both materials add a little bit of "jump out" presence, but the bone tends to "fatten" that presence a bit more.

[MexicoMike]

I think there MIGHT have been a slight difference between the oem wood and bone pins on my 414CE but even if there is any real difference there, the way you pluck a string from note to note makes a much more noticeable sound quality difference.  If you use a pick, different thickness/material picks will make a much greater difference in guitar sound than anything you can change on the guitar - type/gauge of strings, saddle material, whatever.

[sandygerli]

I have bought several sets of the Snakewood/Abalone bridge pins from StewMac, basically because I thought they looked very nice and sure beat the plastic junk on two of my guitars (not my Taylor). I can hear no difference at all, frankly, and they sure do look better! A nice way to spiff up most any guitar, seems to me.

[mikeguywest]

I replace the plastic pins with ebony's on my mini not long after buying it (a couple of months) and noticed a definite difference, not tremendous, but better nonetheless. I also replace my 80/20's with PB's so that also contributed to a better tone (for me). I think TG should just go ahead and put ebony's on even their low end guitars.