Tele bigsby (style) and paint tweakin'

[Spud]

Thought I ought to separate this from the specific Bigsby thread. Starting up.

 

[Spud]

 

[Spud]

let cure and poly

 

[bagman67]

From overhead it looked like you got your hands on a carved-top body! MIND BLOWN.

 

[cromulent]

Gosh man that looks great. Keep em coming.

 

[Spud]

The old "Chigsby" installed

 

[teleme01]

what is the neck pickup? hershey? firebird ?

 

[Spud]

what is the neck pickup? hershey? firebird ?

It is a Duncan SM-1 Firebird style pickup

 

[cromulent]

Dayum! Very nice. I'll post a pic of mine here once I get the new hardware installed.

 

[cromulent]

How does it play??

 

[Spud]

How does it play??

Plays great, the action can get to where I like it. If I really start digging it I will probably put on a Warmoth boatneck. It did make it a bit heavy but that is to be expected. The only pisser is I wired the switch backwards like an idiot so selecting pickups is counterintuitive. lol but that is a 5-10 minute fix waiting for the soldering iron to heat and put away etc.

You are probably going to like it or hate it. For me, I don't like the added weight, but the tone is better IMO.

 

[cromulent]

Using a Bigsby as a counterweight for neck dive is the reason I considered it in the first place

 

[Spud]

Using a Bigsby as a counterweight for neck dive is the reason I considered it in the first place

If you end up taking it off, all is not lost as you can purchase my awesome "guitar crutch" that is guaranteed to alleviate neck dive once and for all!

 

[cromulent]

I built one and it’s great. I just want more variety.

 

[Spud]

I built one and it’s great. I just want more variety.

Um hold everything I currently have the patent for the guitar crutch!!!!

 

[Spud]

I can’t be responsible for damage caused by homade crutches!!!!

 

[cromulent]

Here's mine. I find it weird that you can't move the bar above the strings - like it specifically prevents you from placing the bar exactly in the place where I would want it to be. I'm also not really sure how to make the most of the effect itself. I'll see if it grows on me...

 

[Spud]

Here's mine. I find it weird that you can't move the bar above the strings - like it specifically prevents you from placing the bar exactly in the place where I would want it to be. I'm also not really sure how to make the most of the effect itself. I'll see if it grows on me...

Very niiiiiiiice!

 

[Spud]

Here's mine. I find it weird that you can't move the bar above the strings - like it specifically prevents you from placing the bar exactly in the place where I would want it to be. I'm also not really sure how to make the most of the effect itself. I'll see if it grows on me...

Well, it looks cool, it helps with neck dive, it may improve the tone no? Maybe try embellishing some chords with a little wiggle and see how that sounds.

 

[Spud]