Bigsby master
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:56 am
Are any of you as curious as I am that no one has attempted to pick up the Bigsby tremelo mantle left untimely early by the late Quicksilver guitarist, John Cippolina? I have never heard ( I saw him live many times) anyone play like that, especially using a thumb and finger picks for such 'stinging' notations and 'icy' chord dips ( i.e. Pride of Man lead).
On a good night this guy was on fire, and yet extremely down to earth (no "Rock Star" ego here). I happened to talk to him one night before they went on at a club in Berkeley and he told me something about how he used a ball peen hammer to "cup" out the top of a nickle to put under the Bigsby spring to keep it from wandering too much.
A very nice guy whose playing is recognizeable a mile away on anything records he made. But i have never heard John's influence on musicians in a world where everyone credits Clapton, Page, Beck, etc. Maybe John was too unique for the mainstream. I actually heard him play at the Avalon Ballroom through his famous amp stack with the Werlitzer horns on top: the treble notes actually 'trumpeted' out. What fun!
On a good night this guy was on fire, and yet extremely down to earth (no "Rock Star" ego here). I happened to talk to him one night before they went on at a club in Berkeley and he told me something about how he used a ball peen hammer to "cup" out the top of a nickle to put under the Bigsby spring to keep it from wandering too much.
A very nice guy whose playing is recognizeable a mile away on anything records he made. But i have never heard John's influence on musicians in a world where everyone credits Clapton, Page, Beck, etc. Maybe John was too unique for the mainstream. I actually heard him play at the Avalon Ballroom through his famous amp stack with the Werlitzer horns on top: the treble notes actually 'trumpeted' out. What fun!
