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New ES-335 Mods Day

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BradBrad Frets: 700
edited May 2022 in Making & Modding
So, added the Towner B6 Bigsby and a Vibramate spoiler to my ES-335 the other night. Pretty straight forward to fit, even for someone like me. Got the spoiler for ‘ease’ of string change initially but I’ll try it without too. 

Also got some locking Grovers courtesy of our own @west (thank you sir!) and the black buttons look cool and feel really nice. 

Slight concern that the strings seem at a bit of an angle running up to the bridge. I nudged the spoiler a little which helped. Perhaps the strap button isn’t quite centred properly?! Tuning stability seems pretty alright though so maybe it’s no biggie? 





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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 8078
    Angle looks fine, it's often not dead centred. 
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  • BradBrad Frets: 700
    Winny_Pooh said:
    Angle looks fine, it's often not dead centred. 
    That’s reassuring :smile: 
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  • DeadmanDeadman Frets: 4159
    And, oh my. What a beauty.
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58012/deadman#latest
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  • westwest Frets: 1021
    Fantastic @Brad ; they look great !  just like they did on mine glad you didnt have any issues .... ;)
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  • BradBrad Frets: 700
    edited May 2022
    Deadman said:
    And, oh my. What a beauty.
    Even if the Bigsby is useless at least it looks good :lol: 

    west said:
    Fantastic @Brad ; they look great !  just like they did on mine glad you didnt have any issues .... ;)

    smile
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  • ElectricXIIElectricXII Frets: 1265
    Nice one. I did the same a few years ago.


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  • BradBrad Frets: 700
    ElectricXII said:
    Nice one. I did the same a few years ago.


    Loving that!
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 28746
    B3 and B6 are always better than B7 - very well done! 

    FWIW yours looks better aligned than the one on my ES-330 and mine has given me no issues after 18 months of regular use. 
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • BradBrad Frets: 700
    stickyfiddle said:
    B3 and B6 are always better than B7 - very well done! 

    FWIW yours looks better aligned than the one on my ES-330 and mine has given me no issues after 18 months of regular use. 
    Thanks :smile: 

    That’s good to know yours has held up. I’m only using it for subtle chordal stuff and the odd bit of faux rockabilly so I’m sure it’ll be good. 
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 28746
    This is mine


    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • BradBrad Frets: 700
    stickyfiddle said:
    This is mine


    Getting some major guitar envy right now on this thread :wink:
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