I used to look at these things with a very skeptical eye. But, I ended up with one on my Heritage 535 that has the Bigsby. First of all, having the roller is an obvious no-brainer when using a trem. String moves easily back and forth. No problem.
Then there's the bigsby itself. The small pegs that hold the string ends in place are preset and locked in place. The small roller on the bridge actually is on a threaded axis that allows you to adjust the string position in terms of things like how close are strings one and six in relation to the edge of the neck, or if you want to fine tune the strings to be *exactly* over the pole pieces, or if you want to allow for a very precise gap between strings.
Overall, the strings leave the bigsby, then very slightly fan out over the bridge and then obviously fan back in towards the nut. It's an interesting arrangement for sure. But it seems to work well.
Just thought I'd comment. People seem to really dislike it for some reason (non-traditional perhaps?).
Then there's the bigsby itself. The small pegs that hold the string ends in place are preset and locked in place. The small roller on the bridge actually is on a threaded axis that allows you to adjust the string position in terms of things like how close are strings one and six in relation to the edge of the neck, or if you want to fine tune the strings to be *exactly* over the pole pieces, or if you want to allow for a very precise gap between strings.
Overall, the strings leave the bigsby, then very slightly fan out over the bridge and then obviously fan back in towards the nut. It's an interesting arrangement for sure. But it seems to work well.
Just thought I'd comment. People seem to really dislike it for some reason (non-traditional perhaps?).
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