I have a 1989 Gibson '61 re-issue. It came from the factory with a locking trenalo system on the guitar. It says Gibsion on it but when i ordered the guitar my impression was it was a floyd rose. There isn't any routing done to the body. My question is did these just mount on the studs for the tune o matic and stop tail? I hate the tremalo and would like to remove it. I have spoke to Gibson But so far haven't been able to get an answer. Called Mandolin Brother in New York qwhere I bought the guitar. Their repair people don't remember ever seeing one. Any help would be appreciated.
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jackthehack
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You would not want, in a million years, the actual vibrato assembly that came on a 1961 SG, here are a couple of pics below with that monstrosity.
If you want to add a vibrato to your '61 reissue, think about getting a Bigsby B5 as shown in the bottom picture of the SG custom. There were offered on production SG's a bit later on, not sure what year they started, but they work great and aren't too hard to mount/install.
If you want to add a vibrato to your '61 reissue, think about getting a Bigsby B5 as shown in the bottom picture of the SG custom. There were offered on production SG's a bit later on, not sure what year they started, but they work great and aren't too hard to mount/install.
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If it's a '61 reissue it's not a floyd, which didn't exist until the late '70's. It's probably more like a Bigsby or one of the trems in the pictures above.
FWIW, if it's one of those, Pete Townshend (who also hated them), used to replace the trems with 1 piece wraparound bridges when he was using SG's in the Woodstock/Live at Leeds era.
FWIW, if it's one of those, Pete Townshend (who also hated them), used to replace the trems with 1 piece wraparound bridges when he was using SG's in the Woodstock/Live at Leeds era.
i dug thru the paper hang tags ect that came with the guitar it is a "62 reissue and the thing is called a Gibson super tune vibrato There is a gibson logo on it and a pat. number. Upon further examination it is slightly routed out under the unit. So replacing it with a stop tail isn't going to work. I ordered this from Mandolin Brothers in new york back in 1989. oh well baxd chioce at the time.
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jackthehack said:
That's true of most hardware from that era, but particularly the vibratos. I've never been able to see the draw of those old guitars, or the reissues of them. Every time I see one, the first thing I want to do is strip the thing down to the neck and body - frets, finish, hardware and all - and start over again. Of course, that doesn't make any sense and it ruins the value for those who like to collect such dysfunctional examples of the early attempts at electric guitars, but there it is.
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