Bigsby on 360?

[larsongs]

Has Ric ever built a 360 string with a Trem or Bigsby? Has anyone put a Bigsby on a 360? I can't recall ever seeing one? Curious.

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[jdogric12]

People do it sometimes.

People do lots of dumb things though

Kidding! Although I definitely prefer the Accent on a Rick, both for feel, and not needing to drill holes in its top.

Casino? Bigsby all damn day.

[larsongs]

I have a Casino with Bigsby & a Casino with a Tremotone. Great Guitars.

The Accent Vibrato seems to be out of stock & pretty much unavailable new? Do they require drilling holes to attach? Do they stay in tune? Why don't more 360's have them?

[jps]

...Why don't more 360's have them?

Because, those would be called the 365, and the 3 pickup version the 375.

[larsongs]

When & why did they quit making 365's? I don't think I've ever seen one in real life. Finding Accent Tremelo's is scarce as hens teeth. They must not work very well or ????

[sloop_john_b]

When & why did they quit making 365's? I don't think I've ever seen one in real life. Finding Accent Tremelo's is scarce as hens teeth. They must not work very well or ????

The vibrato option / "5" designation was a 60's thing.

By the early-to-mid 70's they had stopped shipping guitars with Accents.

When they started making Accents again in the 80's, it was on a special order basis only and designation was changed to "VB". So you'd have a 360VB rather than a 365.

It has been several years now since you were able to "special order" a guitar with an Accent - probably since 2005/2006 or so.