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1 . LUXE BY MARTIN ® Bridge Pins - Gold with Pearl dots 2 . LUXE BY MARTIN ® Bridge Pins - Gold with red dots
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This retrofitting of the today ’ s advanced materials technologies into the best of the old deigns exemplifies Teel ’ s take on the company today . Martin ’ s Vintage Tone System ® ( VTS ) top and bracing , for example , imparts that classic aged sound that otherwise develops only after 50 years of playing , while a composite carbon fiber bridge plate and set of Liquidmetal bridge pins boosts volume and sustain . Teel , who developed these and other innovations , notes that a composite carbon bridge plate is lighter than maple , yet stiffer , adding more output and more sustain to the guitar . “ That ’ s something that could not have been done back in 1930 ,” says Teel . “ Those materials simply did not exist . Nor did the Liquidmetal alloy in which the bridge pins
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