causearuckus
First Lieutenant   Posts: 1 Registered: 5/30/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 5/30/2004 at 22:23 |
| Is it possibly to add a bigsby tail piece in a telecaster. If not any
alteritives? ____________________
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schwim
Captain   Posts: 153 Registered: 5/19/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/30/2004 at 22:46, Reply 1 |
other than the cool points, why would you?
I've never done it personally, but I'm sure it could be done. Would you
use the same bridge? If so, it would be an easy mod, but if you're using a
new or modifying the old bridge, it would make it tougher, as you've got to
be dead-nuts on the string length.
thanks,
json
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Slink
First Lieutenant  Posts: 4 Registered: 5/30/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/30/2004 at 23:10, Reply 2 |
Heres a link for a Japanese Telecaster with a Bigsby trem unit... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3808
3&item=3726676262&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Hope this gives you a general idea of the finish product. Although it may
seem that the bridge may need to be modified / replaced to allow the
strings to pass through just as schwim said. Other than drilling some new
holes and using a ruler accordingly, I don't see why it can't be done.
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Telefreak
Moderator   Posts: 440 Registered: 1/12/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/31/2004 at 16:43, Reply 3 |
Check this place out
http://www.telemodders.com/
and visit the forum, there are loads of guts who have fitted Bigsbys among
others and will be glad to talk you through it.
You might see me lurking there too  ____________________
Technology, not technique
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