Fitting a Bigsby to a Les Paul

JookyChap

chrisj1602 said:

I got a bigsby b7 from the states off eBay, way cheaper than here and got through customs for nowt.

Good point - I've had a few from this guy on ebay and never got copped by customs either..

JookyChap

Sorry, meant to say, "I know a bloke who...."
/:)

not_the_dj

JookyChap said:

chrisj1602 said:

I got a bigsby b7 from the states off eBay, way cheaper than here and got through customs for nowt.

Good point - I've had a few from this guy on ebay and never got copped by customs either..

He he, I like his photos of 'previous happy customers'.

meltedbuzzbox

not_the_dj said:

My friday afternoon boredom has lead my brain to think about fitting a Bigsby to one of my guitars.

But...I don't want any drilling, so what's the shopping list for that sort of thing then?

Not sure which guitar I want it on (and it's just a friday afternoon idea) possibly my Les Paul Smartwood Exotic (carved top) or my old The Paul (flat top)

 

hit yourself in the face with a hammer

thermionic

'Nuff said:

See also: Neil Young, Johnny Marr, Alan Sparhawk.

not_the_dj

Well I can't shift this idea, but I might have problems with both of the two guitars I was thinking of Bigsbying.

My Smartwood is a thin body and the end plate for the Vibramate will be taller then the actual guitar. Looks like it'll work but I don't think it'll look right.

So how about my 'The Paul'....oh poo, look where the pick-up selector switch is....grrr.

So do I dare add a Bigsby to my newish Trad Pro 2? Hmmm. That's my main gigging guitar these days and I wasn't planning on having a Bigsby on that.

So what do I do?......I know save up and get some sort of classy ESXXX in a year or so, that's what ;-)

ThePrettyDamned

not_the_dj;80615" said:

Well I can't shift this idea, but I might have problems with both of the two guitars I was thinking of Bigsbying.

My Smartwood is a thin body and the end plate for the Vibramate will be taller then the actual guitar. Looks like it'll work but I don't think it'll look right.

So how about my 'The Paul'....oh poo, look where the pick-up selector switch is....grrr.

So do I dare add a Bigsby to my newish Trad Pro 2? Hmmm. That's my main gigging guitar these days and I wasn't planning on having a Bigsby on that.

So what do I do?......I know save up and get some sort of classy ESXXX in a year or so, that's what ;-)

Gas justification syndrome.

Truly inspirational.

stickyfiddle

Bear in mind that bigsbies get in the way of the knobs on most Gibsons, but not so much on Teles. You'll therefore need a regular ES335 and another Tele to put the bigsby on.

It's the only way...

not_the_dj

ThePrettyDamned said:

Gas justification syndrome.

Truly inspirational.

Oh I can justify it to myself easily, it's wife that'll need convincing ;-)