BIGSBYS?

throughthesparks · Post by **throughthesparks** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:06 pm

I've been a Gibson player for years and have always installed Bigsbys on my SGs. It changes the tone, in a good way -- in my opinion -- on the beefy Gibson thing. As much as I want the tremolo, I hate to do it to the Ric (330) if it alters the tone at all. Any experience with this, and are there any other cooler options, other than the little Ric tremolo arm? I've heard that they don't have a return-to-zero point, so tuning is not great, right? They look really cool, though. Any advice?

collin · Post by **collin** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:47 pm

Stick with the stock Accent vibrato---they attach without any screw holes, so can be added or removed without any penalty.

I think they work brilliantly too.

lennon211 · Post by **lennon211** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:48 pm

I think that you'll find that many of the players here really do like their Ric Accent Vibratos. They are really great for lots of shimmer in chords and notes and I've never had any issue at all with tuning. They are really well designed and the construction is solid.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:12 pm

I like the Accent.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:17 pm

Vibramate for Rickenbacker--only a matter of time...

It's gotta be better than their "solution" to putting a B5 on a Flying V!

electrofaro · Post by **electrofaro** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:21 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:It's gotta be better than their "solution" to putting a B5 on a Flying V!

Best I ever saw: Explorer with Bigsby - pure R'n'R

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:46 pm

Yup! And you only have to drill some holes...which is the opposite of the Vibramate's original brief...

electrofaro · Post by **electrofaro** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:05 pm

The word vibramate doesn't sound political correct though

Lefties go for Bigsby!

Imo a Bigsby on a Ric is plain wrong, it looks too solid on one!

Grey · Post by **Grey** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:09 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:It's gotta be better than their "solution" to putting a B5 on a Flying V!

Their "solution" is copied from Gibsons own design, featured on the 1994 Lonnie Mack Flying V.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:53 pm

Well, they are both butt-uggin fugly.

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:00 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Well, they are both butt-uggin fugly.

Yeah, if you like the Bigsby, the Accent is very similar in what it does to the sound when you use it. I have a Bigsby on my Gretsch, and played Pauls Accent equipped Ricks for a while recently, and found them to be more like each other than Floyd types or Fender types. The Accent is really the winner for Ricks in my book, and the change is totally reversable without leaving holes, or having something affect the finish by being bolted to it.

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:59 pm

You can get an Accent or a Kaufman, or a boyd if you're lucky

The Accent is a standard Tremolo, but the Kaufman requires you to move it sideways so I've heard.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:20 pm

IvanMunoz wrote:The Accent is a standard Tremolo..

Un, VIBRATO, buddy!

CLF got it all wrong, back then, don't you go on continuing to repeat his mistake.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:41 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Vibramate for Rickenbacker--only a matter of time...

Has it happened yet?

GIBrat51 · Post by **GIBrat51** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:18 am

I currently have no plans to put any kind of vibrato (or tremelo, or whatever) on my 330. However... If I were to reconsider, it would have to be a Bigsby, for the simple reason that, (as far as I know) it's the only thing I can get that's left handed.

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