Скачать или смотреть Gibson J-160E: Bone Pins vs Plastic Pins comparison

There is a lot of debate about whether bridge pin material makes a difference in the sound of an acoustic steel string guitar.

Here, I'm using my friend's Gibson J-160E John Lennon guitar to test if there is a discernible difference between the plastic bridge pins that came with the guitar and a matching set of Vintage bridge pins made from bone that I ordered from Steward MacDonald at http://www.stewmac.com.

I alternate between footage of selections played with the plastic pins followed by the bone pin footage of the same selection, to give the viewer an A/B comparison.

1. Open E Chord to see if there is a noticeable difference in Sustain, i.e. how long it takes for the sound of the chord to decay into silence;

2. Fingerstyle: Just to give a sense of the quality of the guitar's sound when played fingerstyle with the original plastic pins vs. the bone pins.

3. Strummed Selection: To see if there is an increase in volume with the bone pins.

I'm not sure that the viewer will be able to hear the difference after the video has been compressed, but we noticed a clear difference live.

Please note that some of the difference in volume may be a result of inconsistent camcorder/microphone placement. Will try to be more consistent in the future!

We won't say just yet what we heard--but we hope that you'll offer YOUR opinion in the comments below.

Thanks!