|
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | im working on a solid body non-o project and i'm toying with the idea of putting a bigsby trem on it. has anyone ever used a bigsby on a solidbody? thansk for the input..jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2003
Posts: 1889
Location: Central Massachusetts | neil young ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2001
Posts: 10582
Location: NJ | had one on an old LP never got used to it.
they are not the most stable but work well for the duane eddy, link wray thing |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2001
Posts: 7223
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I used to have a Bigsby on my project Viper. I liked it but intonation and keeping in tune, especially with new strings was an issue. Just the same, I used it for many years. I would suggest a roller bridge. That really helped with they tuning and smoothness. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | iv'e finaly got most of my acoustic project o's out of the way and i can get back to my strat necked tele. i was just wondering because ive got a bigsby for a solid and thought it might be cool to use it on the tele. thanks guys jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | thanks miles,i may have a bigsby roller as well..ive got so much crap that i brought back from the shop when i was at dads over the weekend..jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2006
Posts: 2491
Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I do what FENDER recommends,a drop ( tiny drop) of acid free oil in between metal parts,and tuning probs.are a problem of the past ( nearly ) and I do Use a Bigsby with Roller on my Washburn J-9,actually at the moment I `m using small bits of FELT on #1 NUT #2 SADDLES #3 Strip of FELT piece under Roller,the Felt gets the strings to Slide real well, might be worth a try :confused:
:cool:
Vic |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | thanks vic,i havnt decided what pups and other electronic componets im gonna use yet. im thinking about using tv jones pups...jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2002
Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | I have some TV Jones in an Epiphone FlameKat that has a epi knockoff of a Bigsby. It sounds great and is fun to play ... but its a semi-hollow body. There's also a Bigsby on my Hamer Newport ... there's no intonation problems or tuning issues at all - chalk that up to a high quality guitar. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | i played a gresh with tv jones pups and it had a great rockabilly sound that i realy liked. i just wonder how they will sound in the strat necked tele mutt?? jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2002
Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | Probably OK. They put the Filtertrons in the solid bodies too. But you won't get the classic tele or strat sounds. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2006
Posts: 2804
Location: ranson,wva | im just going for a cool looking and sounding guitar. the first noticable difference is the strat neck,second is the bigsby...im kind of a unusual guy anywho....jason |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 370
Location: Isle of Man, UK | Some people swear by locking tuners to help with tuning problems, so not sure if that's worth thinking about.
Also, my Brian May (which has a really light touch knife-edge trem on) has a locking nut, and I've never had any tuning problems with that.
Couple of things worth thinking about...
JB |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2003
Posts: 1498
Location: San Bernardino, California | Did someone say T.V. Jones pickups?
The Tuxedo
I put some in a Preacher that someone had (poorly) put regular humbuckers in. |
|
| |
Bigsby trem