WELL ! I've never heard of such a thing .....
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Very enjoyable, I would prefer to spend 3 minutes apply nut lube, or spend ten minutes filing the nut. But if it works for him more power to him, I can only hope that he never lends his guitar to someone who tries to dive bomb it.
I do appreciate the heads up, so if I find a weird crack in the top, I can guess how it happened.
I do appreciate the heads up, so if I find a weird crack in the top, I can guess how it happened.
Wayne Gretschzky
Country Gent
If a player doesn't (ever) want to use the Bigsby vibrato on their Gretsch guitar, they should replace it with a static tailpiece, instead of using a disarmed Bigsby purely as a decoration.
MrWookiee
Country Gent
Clever almost-solution to a problem that doesn't exist, except that he could still pull up, in which case the socket would likely shift or fall out.
Back in Black
Country Gent
Watch what he does with the spring
T,
Another example in a long and ever growing list of ''what not to do''!
BIB
If your spring breaks you might want to consider going a bit easier on the Bigsby dive bombing or consider a career as an arm wrestler! For the life of me i cant imagine why someone who doesnt use their Bigsby needs to render it useless.
oneforsorrow
Synchromatic
There are no words ...
I wouldn't do it, but it isn't necessarily a bad idea. Locking the Bigsby will make string-bends easier. It takes more effort to bend strings on a Bigsby-equipped guitar, because some of the effort goes into compressing the spring. I find it noticeably easier to bend strings on my one hardtail guitar.
If you don't want to use the Bigsby, and you don't want to modify the guitar by replacing the tailpiece, this isn't a bad solution.
Not that I'd ever take the springs out of my own Bigsbys. They're too much fun to use!
If you don't want to use the Bigsby, and you don't want to modify the guitar by replacing the tailpiece, this isn't a bad solution.
Not that I'd ever take the springs out of my own Bigsbys. They're too much fun to use!
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drmilktruck
I Bleed Orange
Why was he whispering? Was he ashamed some Bigsby lover might hear what he's doing?
Craig Encinitas
Gretschie
I have thought of removing the Bigsby on the 6659, but the main issue is each model Bigsby and tail piece has different holes that don’t match up. I’m all for non-permanent mods.
.....or just send it to someone who will appreciate it
rcboals
Country Gent
Thanks for this important news flash thunder58 Another problem I never knew existed that I should be concerned about now solved. More informative about unknown problems that I need to care about than CNN, MSNBC and FOX combined.
Another problem I never knew existed that I should be concerned about now solved. More informative about unknown problems that I need to care about than CNN, MSNBC and FOX combined.
Trash Kidd
Country Gent
2 words……Oh dear!
Stefan87
Country Gent
A bit rudimental but I get why you'd want to do it, it's a cheap fix to lock the bigsby out, solves the problem of other strings going flat while bending one string and other trem issues that are there, I like hardtails on my jets as I'd prefer the feel for the songs I would use them so this would be a way to block it out, probably would do it a bit better then that though..
I guess this way is a way to do it with out changing a guitar in case you want to move it on in the future.
I guess this way is a way to do it with out changing a guitar in case you want to move it on in the future.
drmilktruck
I Bleed Orange
Sort of like Clapton's blocked tremolo on his Strats.
Ricochet
Senior Gretsch-Talker
I actually like how bending a string(on a trem guitar) will cause a note to “dip” for a millisec, and you sort of have to bend through. It all adds to the dynamics, like trem flutter.
