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Bigsby stringing?
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:04 pm
by epitreture
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:16 pm
by jingle_jangle
I wonder if that's why he's selling it..."the d****d strings keep popping out of their slots..."
Oh, well, left-handed people are weird...
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:47 pm
by wj350
LOL! I took my JG c58 to a little mom&pop to have him install my Bigsby. The guy's really nice, just a little music shop geared towards kid's band instruments, etc.
He did a great job on the Bigsby, but restrung just like the pics. Got it home and I thought WTHeck?? Then it hit me...
Bill
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:02 pm
by tennis_nick
Hey! watch what you say about lefties! I'm an undercover lefty playing right handed instruments, keeping an eye on you guys!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:02 pm
by janglerocker
Same here playing righty but everything else lefty since day one. The only guitar offered back in 4th grade was a righty so that's what I learned. Still remember 1st grade catholic school and getting some not so nice looks from the nuns for making the sign of the cross with my left hand!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:19 pm
by doctorwho
Nicolas, is that the left eye or right eye that you're keeping on us?
The wrong way:
The right way:
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:36 am
by brammy
Exactly, and therein lies the problem with putting the bigsby on the 350v63: the string needs to make such a sharp turn upward on the v63, unlike the lower pix of a (I'm guessing) 325.
Dont worry, there is nothing wrong with that ebay seller that cant be fixed with some prozac and a polo mallet..... [credit: Woody Allen]
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:28 pm
by brammy
The seller sent me this note:
"Yes, the Bigsby has the strings going over the roller bar instead of under. This is due to the short distance between roller bar and bridge- after discussing the matter with my luthier, we decided to leave it as is. It remains in tune, so I had no objection leaving it this way. I had toyed with the notion of putting a Ric trapeze tailpiece on the guitar, but the weight of the Bigsby seems to add to the sustain of the instrument, at least as far as I can tell. Thanks for your comments."
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:16 am
by wj350
"...but the weight of the Bigsby seems to add to the sustain of the instrument,.."
Maybe, but I bet those open screw holes left over from the Bigsby would help increase the Ric jangle....
;D