So I've been Bigsby'd

OilCityPickups

My two rehearsal - and thus soon to be gigging guitars shortly - are both equipped with Bigsbys, and I'm finding it really hard to play my other instruments that lack Wiggle Sticks ... I'm so used to little dips and shimmers I seem to throw in all the time now, or full on, Duane Eddy, semitone up growls.  

I've always liked having a Bigsby but now it seems to be a requirement. 

Okay Dynasonics feature in both of these too ... but I really would like to have a P90 equipped something or other too ... 

As I mentioned in another thread ... really fancy an Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe (I'd fit a Bigsby)  ... 
Or maybe a D'Angelico ... 

I already flogged my Floyd equipped Jackson ... in spite of giving it 'a good go' it felt too un-subtle, and I may well be ditching my personal Strat ... as I really hate the 'feel' of the trem compared to a Bigsby.  

stickyfiddle

I don’t play anything like the same music but I completely agree. I’m honestly at the point where I feel half-naked paying a guitar with bigsby of late

Danielsguitars

I love the goldo bigsby type trems over a real bigsby now, they feel better and smoother to me. 

They add something that a hardtail doesn't do and for the better imo.

The only other trem I'd have is a jazzmaster type, I loved my jazzmaster, one of the most stable too.

dazzajl

Completely agree. A guitar without a Bigsby is like sex without a partner. 

Petepassion

I’d never had a Bigsby until I bought my 335. I now play the 335 90% of the time and when I play another guitar I can’t help but keep going for the non existent Bigsby.
   Love ‘em, subtle yet sweet.

TheMarlin

Almost all my guitars have a wiggle stick of some sort, with the vast majority sporting a Bigsby. 

Tip: get a Reverend or BricksBigsFix squishy spring for your Bigsby. Makes a world of difference 

for P90 hollowness, I strongly recommend the Eastman T64V. Superb guitar, and mine came with a Bisby. I modded it with a long handle

ElectricXII

I love the look of them, and had one on my ES-335 for years. However I almost never used the Bigsby when gigging.

Jeremiah

Question: on the Tele-type, did you need to shim the neck & set the bridge saddles higher to get enough break angle over the bridge? Or is the string height at the bridge the same as it would be on a regular Tele?

OilCityPickups

It's identical to a regular Tele ... but the routing is extensive as those are full depth early 50s Dynasonics! The surrounds are also sunken into the body by about 1/4 of an inch too for clearance. 
The Tele is an absolute brute ... powerful and cutting ... like a supercharged standard Tele at the bridge ... it kicks amps into drive really quite easily ... and sounds brilliant even with fuzz!