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Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:42 am
by 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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Re: Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:06 am
by 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.
Re: Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:10 pm
by 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?
Re: Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:07 pm
by jps
larsongs wrote:...Why don't more 360's have them?
Because, those would be called the 365, and the 3 pickup version the 375.
Re: Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:40 pm
by 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 ????
Re: Bigsby on 360?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:54 pm
by sloop_john_b
larsongs wrote: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.