Larrivee bridge pins fit a Martin?

[jschmitz54]

Larrivee has bone slotted bridge pins on sale for $20 USD. Will they fit my Martin GP35E? TIA
The ad says slotted bone bridge pins. That’s all the description they give.

[AZLiberty]

No.

Larrivee uses industry standard 3-degree pins, same as Taylor and most manufacturers.

Martin switched to 5-degree pins around 20 years ago.

[JayBee1404]

Originally Posted by AZLiberty

No.

Larrivee uses industry standard 3-degree pins, same as Taylor and most manufacturers.

Martin switched to 5-degree pins around 20 years ago.

Martin have used 5-degree pins since the 1950s (not sure exactly which year they changed, but it was in the ‘50s).

Martin Bridge-pins are tapered but, on modern guitars at least, the pin-holes are straight-drilled, no taper. So the taper of the pin doesn’t matter - provided that the diameter of the shank directly below the collar matches the hole diameter - 0.220” - a 3-deg pin will fit. If the diameter of replacement pins is slightly large, you can sand them a little or, preferably, ream the hole slightly.

I believe it’s a fairly common ‘thing’ amongst Martin-owners to use 3-deg pins so that they fit more snugly in the straight-drilled holes and are less prone to being pushed aside by the ball-end.

The usual disclaimers apply......IMHO, YMMV etc.