I've installed every kind of string imaginable on my Collings as well as others Collings with this same tailpiece, which I believe is made by Randy Allen. I have found that watching the angle that you pull the string at makes all the difference. If you lay the string at about the same angle as the hole and not go over the bridge until you get to the end of the hole, you will minimize that sizzling sound. You can, and I have, take a fluted reamer and ream the rear holes out a little bit to minimize any sharp edges of the leading hole. In fact, Dremel makes the perfect star point reamer that is about 1/4" wide on the top, approximatly 1/4 in long and comes to a sharp point that looks like a counter sink with serious teeth that will do the job just right. Kenc
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