New Bigsby Day

Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 34 Location: London UK

Yesterday I finally bought a bigbsy for my project tele, today in the Uni workshop I installed it. It wasn't too hard of a job, only took me about 2 hours.

I should have snapped some progress pics but I was getting into it and going for it. There has been a change in tone and it's a cool little toy to have. I think I'm going to get a red tortoise shell pickguard for this one to make it a bit more classier. Check it out!

Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 3462 Location: North Carolina

I approve. I've got 2 B5 bigsbys and a B7 in my closet that I bought to put on three of my guitars, until I realized if I did that I would have a bigsby on every electric I own. Laughing

Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 34 Location: London UK

There's nothing wrong with that!

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:11 pm

AWESOME.

Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 611 Location: Yorkshire, England

jstitt306 wrote:

Yesterday I finally bought a bigbsy for my project tele, today in the Uni workshop I installed it. It wasn't too hard of a job, only took me about 2 hours.

I should have snapped some progress pics but I was getting into it and going for it. There has been a change in tone and it's a cool little toy to have. I think I'm going to get a red tortoise shell pickguard for this one to make it a bit more classier. Check it out!

Nice job. Thought that the bridge was sitting towards the left a bit, but its just the spacing between the high e and the b is a bit less than it should be, easy fix. Enjoy, I've never played anything with a bigsby but have contemplated putting one on my LP in the past, does it keep its tuning well?

Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 34 Location: London UK

Razorback16 wrote:

jstitt306 wrote:

Yesterday I finally bought a bigbsy for my project tele, today in the Uni workshop I installed it. It wasn't too hard of a job, only took me about 2 hours.

I should have snapped some progress pics but I was getting into it and going for it. There has been a change in tone and it's a cool little toy to have. I think I'm going to get a red tortoise shell pickguard for this one to make it a bit more classier. Check it out!

Nice job. Thought that the bridge was sitting towards the left a bit, but its just the spacing between the high e and the b is a bit less than it should be, easy fix. Enjoy, I've never played anything with a bigsby but have contemplated putting one on my LP in the past, does it keep its tuning well?

Yeah I've just noticed it is a bit lob sided but yeah I can fix that. It's holding well for now I'll probably replace the tuners it has the old school 50s vibe tuners that aren't that great.

And what you said about the string spacing; that was just due to the saddle not being set up properly, it's all good in that sense now.

Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 2500 Location: Houston, TX

Nice!!! Bigsby FTW!

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

Now that's like the cool younger brother of this!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-custom-shop-john-5-telecaster-w-bigsby-electric-guitar

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

jstitt306 wrote:

I'll probably replace the tuners it has the old school 50s vibe tuners that aren't that great.

Let me know if you do, I need some vintage tuners for my strat.

Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Posts: 1268 Location: Easton Ma

NICE!! Does it stay in tune?
I pre stretched for my floyd, You might need to do that.

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4749 Location: Indiana

That's really cool.

I agree that the pickgaurd doesn't belong with the rest of the package, now. I'd like to see it with the different picckgaurd.

Joined: 26 Oct 2012 Posts: 34 Location: London UK

I've been away from the forum for a few weeks, had to go home for some family business.

I got the red tortoise shell pickguard from ebay and for me it really sets the guitar off, the only picture I have so far is a phone pic so it'll have to do until I get round to getting some pics of it with my silverburst tele!