D'Addario Boxwood Bridge/End Pin Set Boxwood

I got one of those lower end Alvarez guitars that is all solid wood construction made in Chiney . I knew their wood be some week link somewhere . sure enough after bout a 1 year span it still had a tin can sound on the 1st , 2nd and 3rd strings . I had a feeling that the boxwood or ebony pins would make a change for the better . I had never heard of boxwood . but anyway they warmed the guitar up instantly . I just loosened up the strings enough to get the plastic s##t out and pushed the boxwood pins into the bridge and tuned up .the sound was improved amazingly . Alvarez does have a wonderful product but like anything their were things that had to be done like it needed a good full detail setup . and some high quality tuning machines . and now the boxwood tuners , and I have an ace guitar , get the MD60 . its all solid wood and its mahagony . and its at GC . it is light too .

Matches the spruce top of guitar and gives it a warm-solid tone.

I am very satisfied. I bought two sets for my rather inexpensive guitars to replace the plastic pins. I have an Epiphone 50th anniv Caballero and a Recording King single 0 Dirty Thirties. On the Epi I tested the old 6th string with the new pin and there was a noticeable difference up in brightness. I also recorded the before and after with my phone and the difference was easy to hear. I then changed out all the strings from the originals to Martin SP Lifespan extra lights and the result is very pleasing. I think I will go on to change out the plastic saddle and nut to Tusq on the Epi. The Recording King, though very inexpensive, has a solid top and bone saddle and nut standard. I have always been impessed with the sound of this guitar. I didn't perform the same test but just switched out the original strings (I think they were D'Addario EJ16) to D'Addario nickle bronze custom lights. The sound is now different, maybe slightly softer, but very pleasing to me

I am refurbishing an old guitar that just needed some TLC. I was tired of the white pins and wanted a more natural wood look.