Bigsby vibrato?

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

The other day I was plying my SG which i haven't played for 5 months thanks to Warmoth, and I was disappointed when i went to use the trem bar and forgot that my SG did not have one :tard: So I decided, if I can get one, i'll put a bigsyby vibrato on it, but i'm not sure which one will fit my Epiphone SG 310, Do you guys know?

 

[Nando Vallart]

You'll be able to do just vibratos, not dive bombs, etc...

If I'm not wrong, is about half-ton the entire course of it...

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

You'll be able to do just vibratos, not dive bombs, etc...

If I'm not wrong, is about half-ton the entire course of it...

I know, I don't really want to do divebombs on mg SG, soft vibrato.

I'm not quite sure I understood that last sentence, Are you saying it weighs heaps?

 

[ByteFrenzy]

I think Fernando means that the maximum range is a half note.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

I think Fernando means that the maximum range is a half note.

Thats pretty good for soft vibrato, no shred. 

But I was wondering if there was a bigsby that would just fit right into the threads that I have for my current tom/stop tail bridge.

 

[Unwound G]

For an SG type of guitar, you will need a Bigsby B5 designed to be mounted on a flat top solid body.  If your SG already has a Stop tailpiece, you will need to take it off and screw on the B5 into the wood behind it.  However, there is a very clever attachment called the Vibramate Quick mount kit which makes use of the original stop tailpiece bushings to attach the B5 Bigsby ( http://www.vibramate.com/vibramate-v5.html ).

As NonosenseTele mentioned before, Bigsbys are only for gentle downward vibratos.  It cannot be be pulled up to raise note pitches as with Strat or Floyd Rose trems.

Weight-wise, Bigsby are cast from aluminium alloy so they are quite light considering their mechanism does not employ a tremolo block like Fender's design.

 

[dbw]

That vibramate is a GREAT idea... I'd love to try out a Bigsby without modifying my axe.  Will it work on a Warmoth carved-top LP?  The site says

The Vibramate V5 mounting plate was originally designed for flat-top guitars but may also work on a variety of carved and arch top models that have the same standard tune-a-matic style bridge and stop-tailpiece setup.

 

[Nando Vallart]

For vibratos, use your freaking fingers.... people who does vibrato with "tremolo bridges" are freaking sissis :laughing7: :icon_jokercolor:

 

[mayfly]

For vibratos, use your freaking fingers.... people who does vibrato with "tremolo bridges" are freaking sissis :laughing7: :icon_jokercolor:

+1.  I just bend the neck.  :icon_jokercolor: :icon_jokercolor:

 

[nathan a]

That vibramate thing looks like a good idea to me. My only concern would be the then-shallower break angle of the strings after the tunomatic...

 

[Mor Paul]

Wow, that does look pretty nifty. Yeah. I said nifty.

If I ever order a ct paul from W, I'd need to get one of those.

 

[blue313]

That vibramate thing looks like a good idea to me. My only concern would be the then-shallower break angle of the strings after the tunomatic...

That's why I like the Gretsch "rockin bar" bridge.  Intonation isn't absolutely perfect but its got a nice mass to it and moves when you use the Bigsby.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

For vibratos, use your freaking fingers.... people who does vibrato with "tremolo bridges" are freaking sissis :laughing7: :icon_jokercolor:

+1.  I just bend the neck.  :icon_jokercolor: :icon_jokercolor:

I do. On my SG, the neck is extremely sensitive to any pressure, I guess I should just tighten up the neck screws.

Though that vibramate looks really good!