Postar detta här också, om någon har förslag eller sitter på gamla eller nya Bigsby delar så hör av Er.
Även intresserad av en gammal tuner , dubbelring, enkelradig Kluson , bara hus eller med plastvred i bra skick.
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Hi,
I am having thoughts on IF and what to do to the following issues on my 61 Lp Standard , it is an original Bigsby equipped guitar:
Bigsby
1 The handle, bracket, roller and spring is missing. The roller is replaced with a shorter one with holes instead of the 'spikes' so no bracket can be added , it looks the same in both ends as the normal bigsby does on the 'no bracket side' if that makes sense ?
What to do ?
A Leave it.... (works fine, except for that tremolo stuff..)
B Try to get vintage parts, doesnt seem easy to find and buying a vintage B5 to butcher it is not my intention
C Get a modern B5 unit , take the parts I need and age them like I did on my 61 reissue... I THINK they would fit , unless the size of the holes for the roller in the new unit are different?
Tuners
It has had a set of different tuners at one point, and now has a set of RS aged double ring single line tuners on. The originals are in the case with the following status:
2 perfectly fine ....
1 tip brown but stil intact
1 tip brown started to break
1 Tip broken and gone
1 70´s .....
My problem is that I dont like the look of the new ones, both colour and shape is IMHO off...
Specially the tips. No 1 and 3 in the picture are RS. 2 and 4 are the originals.
A Leave it...
B Use the 5 originals + 1 RS housings and get new better looking tips
C Put the 2 originals on mixed with 4 RS
D Since the tuner holes have been enlarged already , put aged Grovers on it.
What Do You recommend?
Other options or thoughts appreciated, however buying a set of 61 tuners in perfect condition or a complete vintage Bigsby would be to expensive...
It still would not be 100% original, so trying to fix this with a little as possible funds.
