bigsby in tune?
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fatigueofheart
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Re: bigsby in tune?
locking tunerse....yes.
locking tunerse....yes.
GuitarSandwich
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Re: bigsby in tune?
I have a Hamer Newport w/Bigsby) which stays in tune perfectly well. If you try to do Floyd-Rose 1980s dive bombs with it, it won't hold tune as well... but that's not what you buy one of these for anyway.
From what I am told, Hamer remanufactures every Bigsby they install in order to align the bearings and so on...
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I have a Hamer Newport w/Bigsby) which stays in tune perfectly well. If you try to do Floyd-Rose 1980s dive bombs with it, it won't hold tune as well... but that's not what you buy one of these for anyway.
From what I am told, Hamer remanufactures every Bigsby they install in order to align the bearings and so on...
GS
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F. Hails Railsologist
Re: bigsby in tune?
i say, Stop with the fagness and buy a metal guitar
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i say, Stop with the fagness and buy a metal guitar
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F. Hails Railsologist
Re: bigsby in tune?
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Só pra constar, ahahaha peguei OUTRA fender.
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Re: bigsby in tune?
I just recently got rid of an epi LP that had a stock bigsby horseshoe on it.
I got rid of it because it was a pain in the ass. That said, some people love them, more power to you!
Ideally, a bigsby should have a 'rocker' bridge. That is, the TOM has special thumbscrews that allow the bridge to actually rock back and forth as you use the vibrato. Otherwise, your strings are sliding through the saddles, and hence, they settle in a different place and you are out of tune.
Getting a super slick set of saddles (i assume graphite would do it) and a set of locking tuners should HELP the problem. But, as stated above, you're limited to light vibrato with the Bigsby, and any attempt at any big push or pull will throw it all out of whack.
I just recently got rid of an epi LP that had a stock bigsby horseshoe on it.
I got rid of it because it was a pain in the ass. That said, some people love them, more power to you!
Ideally, a bigsby should have a 'rocker' bridge. That is, the TOM has special thumbscrews that allow the bridge to actually rock back and forth as you use the vibrato. Otherwise, your strings are sliding through the saddles, and hence, they settle in a different place and you are out of tune.
Getting a super slick set of saddles (i assume graphite would do it) and a set of locking tuners should HELP the problem. But, as stated above, you're limited to light vibrato with the Bigsby, and any attempt at any big push or pull will throw it all out of whack.
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Erlend_G
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Re: bigsby in tune?
Man, you need to smoke a joint! :bigthumb:
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Man, you need to smoke a joint! :bigthumb:
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Re: bigsby in tune?
I was once told a trick where you tune them like this, start on one of the E's (lets say the low E) and then the high E. A then B, D then G.
Don't know if it works but the source swears by them and I trust it.
WFD, podias postar umas fotos :needpics:
I was once told a trick where you tune them like this, start on one of the E's (lets say the low E) and then the high E. A then B, D then G.
Don't know if it works but the source swears by them and I trust it.
WFD, podias postar umas fotos :needpics:
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Re: bigsby in tune?
I've owned a few guitars with Bigsby-like trems, and one real Bigsby.
They don't work for me. I will never own another one.
I've owned a few guitars with Bigsby-like trems, and one real Bigsby.
They don't work for me. I will never own another one.
