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Old 10-23-2021, 10:14 AM
Howard Emerson Howard Emerson is offline
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Originally Posted by nomey View Post
Hello, I have a WWII era L-50 with a rosewood crossbar and noticed with certain gauge strings I get a low freq type of thump sound when pulling off on a certain note (C) on the A string.

I only notice it with certain gauge strings and wrapping a small bit of velvet around the D/A string removes the problem but wondered if anyone else has run into the same thing before?

Cheers
I noticed it long ago with my 1930 Gibson L-5. I got some piano felt from a friend and simply wove a strip through the strings in back of the bridge.



Not elegant, but it works perfectly.

Howard Emerson.
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