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sunshiner · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:05 am Post subject: Mustang with Bigsby

ebay
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ultratwin · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:22 am Post subject:

Man oh man, that's making me weak in the knees! A functional tremolo on a Mustang?

Do an DAK for teh Bilidaz, the best part being that the B5 isn't all scrunched up next the the-TOM looking bridge; this thing was somewhat well-planned, methinks.

http://www.apollonmusic.com/fender_japan/model/mg69_bigs.html

George · . Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20301 Location: UK

that bigsby position looks dumb as fuck

gusman2x · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:25 am Post subject:

Gorgeous.

Never had a go on a bigsby. How do people like them in comparison to a jag trem?

YuriK · . Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2344 Location: nyc

sunshiner · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I like the look of the sunburst. With Bigsby it looks just right

By the way there is no such a model on the Fender Japan site.
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brainfur · . Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 1873 Location: United States

that looks like ass the termilo is HUUUUGE and hte handle is in the way of the knobby things
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Rox · . Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Posts: 1283

I love it.

ultratwin · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:21 am Post subject:

ultratwin · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:42 am Post subject:

sunshiner · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:32 am Post subject:

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3311

Concretebadger · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:40 pm Post subject:

This gives me mixed feelings: I hate the look of a Bigsby unless it's fitted to certain instruments, in which case it looks all steampunk-y and cool (e.g. you can wear a fedora if you're Sion Sono or Indiana Jones, but otherwise you'll look like a tool) but I hate the stock Mustang trem as well. Even moreso probably. Even if a bigsby looks like a boat anchor on a small guitar body (which it does, sorry), it still trumps the stock trem if it's at least functional.

But still. That trem probably weighs almost as much as the guitar it's bolted onto. Shocked

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3311

Actually, the one I posted with the Bigsby at the end is kind of growing on me, although I'm still not sure I like it more than with it in the middle.

What I am sure I hate is a Bigsby which is super tight with space, that it is probably not a good idea:

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ultratwin · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:54 am Post subject:

I messed around with the Cindicaster a lot today ~~to remind me why I have it~~ how in reality the much-cramped B5 is not all that bad. Specifically, the upcoming Galaxy Note4 World Tour media clips are getting a good does of the Green Wonder.

As hinted, this Bigsby is certainly "heavier" than on my B3/B6-equipped Gretsches, but with the arm sticking so far forward it's an easy grab with lots of comfortable movement. Granted, the Jazzmaster's tremolo has a lot more play in the floppy arm that allows me to swing in deeper and get more subtle tones in comparison, and is thus fair to say that they're simply different. I will reiterate that the main problem with the F-Stamp B5 on a Tele is the strings dragging over the backend of the bridge ass'y, easily rectified by blowing a chunk on a Master Bridge. I'm not a Nels Clinesque violent wobbler (so for me it's not much of an issue), but for some it might and I'd wholeheartedly recommend a standard B5 if one's Tele really needed one.

finboy · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject:

There are also bigsby strats on there, it usually HATE strats but even I had to admire them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FenderJapan-ST62-BIGS-BIGSBY-Stratocaster-OTM-TL-TL62-/321525759030?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4adc6dbc36

Replace tom with mustang bridge and it would be nice