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Bigsby B-5 in a jazzmaster

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chocopower Joined: Nov 13, 2008 Posts: 3 Riveira. Spain	Posted on Mar 05 2010 08:20 AM Hi! I have a kit Jazzmaster with the generic vibrato installed. I would like to install a Bigsby B-5. My question is: Can i install it without re-fill the big hole used for the standard piece? Any pic will be welcome. regards from spain! Top
DeadRanchHands Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 1281	Posted on Mar 05 2010 09:18 AM chocopower Hi! I have a kit Jazzmaster with the generic vibrato installed. I would like to install a Bigsby B-5. My question is: Can i install it without re-fill the big hole used for the standard piece? Any pic will be welcome. regards from spain! You could probably go a couple of ways with that. You could use a B3 Bigbsy and not have to drill any holes, but you'd have to also severely raise the bridge and shim the neck: Or, you could install a B5. Probably what you would need to do would be to remove the stock vibrato but keep the cover plate (in both cases). You'd have to drill a hole through the cover plate, and bolt the front screw of the Bigsby into it. The back screws would probably go through the wood body, depending on how you position the Bigbsy. — http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadranchhands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEW74mHjQk Top
Bilge_Rat Joined: Apr 20, 2009 Posts: 320 Toronto, Ontario Canada	Posted on Mar 05 2010 11:31 AM don't do it — formerly SvD, bots.... member since 2006. Same game different name! Top
LHR Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle	Posted on Mar 05 2010 11:33 AM SvD don't do it +1 — SSIV Top
DeadRanchHands Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 1281	Posted on Mar 05 2010 12:08 PM I don't know if it would work out well, but I can say that although Jazzmaster trems are my favorite Fender-made tremolo, I like Bigsbys much better. — http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadranchhands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEW74mHjQk Top
PhatTele Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 445	Posted on Mar 05 2010 12:23 PM If you do it, you would have to go w/the B-5. The bottom angle of the body would keep you from being able to install a trapese version cleanly. You might be able to cover the hole using some sort of plate which would bolt to the bottom of the B-5, but even a thin one would raise the unit which would mean some neck shimming. Another option would be to chop down a B-3 Bigsby unit (chop it just above the logo) and mount that to the face of the guitar. I've known guys that have done that on Gibson Les Paul Jr type of guitars with pretty good results. Here's a video Lindy Fralin put together showing his custom double cut w/P90s and the chopped B-3 Bigsby (his actually has a shallow route in the face of the guitar to accomodate the Bigsby): http://www.fralinpickups.com/humbuckers.asp#p90 Top
josheboy Joined: Mar 13, 2009 Posts: 2367 Twin Cities, MN	Posted on Mar 05 2010 12:42 PM Bigsbys Rule. Edit: Bigsbys Rule until you have to change your strings Top
tonetti Joined: Aug 20, 2008 Posts: 654 California	Posted on Mar 05 2010 01:12 PM I have no clue if it would work or fit, but what about looking into one of those Vibramate bigsby setups? Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Mar 05 2010 02:00 PM josheboy Bigsbys Rule. Edit: Bigsbys Rule until you have to change your strings I use to have a ton of trouble re-stringing with a bigsby, now I have no trouble. I don't use this method, but you have tried changing one string at a time, so it keeps the tension on the spring? Top
Sonichris Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1906 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies	Posted on Mar 05 2010 02:44 PM The guitar player from Surf Cinema has a Jazzmaster that he removed the stock tremolo, and just put a Bigsby B-5 right over the hole. Looked fine from a distance, kinda strange up close. — "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Top
Surfabilly Joined: Apr 21, 2006 Posts: 852 Connersville, Indiana, USA	Posted on Feb 06 2016 07:25 AM Saw a post from Fender, on Facebook, about coming Jazzmasters with Bigsby B-50 vibratos. — Fast Cars & Loud Guitars! Top
JObeast Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan	Posted on Feb 06 2016 10:43 AM +2 Don't mess up a good guitar designed the way it is. If you really want a Bigsby-equipped JM, I have a Squire JM that has no vibrato route, and I'll sell it to you. PM me. Oh, never mind. I see you live in Spain. Maybe consider just buying a guitar designed for Bigsbys. Or you could get one of those new mix&match Fenders. LHR wrote: SvD don't do it +1 — Squink Out! Last edited: Feb 06, 2016 10:47:22 Top
Chippertheripper Joined: Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 819 Semass	Posted on Feb 06 2016 11:34 AM JObeast wrote: +2 Don't mess up a good guitar designed the way it is. If you really want a Bigsby-equipped JM, I have a Squire JM that has no vibrato route, and I'll sell it to you. PM me. Oh, never mind. I see you live in Spain. Maybe consider just buying a guitar designed for Bigsbys. Or you could get one of those new mix&match Fenders. LHR wrote: SvD don't do it +1 6 years later, I hope he found what he was looking for. That's a long time to suffer from GAS. Top
JObeast Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan	Posted on Feb 06 2016 11:46 AM That too! It's too silly. I have to go back and read who brought this thread back from the grave. So I see Surfabilly mentioned the new mix'n'match products from FMIC. << SNARK TRIGGER WARNING >> After six years, the collective voice of guitarists who can't be satisfied with run-of-the-mill offsets and their generic vibratos has grown to a proper market. We can thank the plethora of indy bands whose guitarists are such diligent hunters of the new & exciting. Chippertheripper wrote: JObeast wrote: +2 Don't mess up a good guitar designed the way it is. If you really want a Bigsby-equipped JM, I have a Squire JM that has no vibrato route, and I'll sell it to you. PM me. Oh, never mind. I see you live in Spain. Maybe consider just buying a guitar designed for Bigsbys. Or you could get one of those new mix&match Fenders. LHR wrote: SvD don't do it +1 6 years later, I hope he found what he was looking for. That's a long time to suffer from GAS. — Squink Out! Last edited: Feb 06, 2016 11:53:39 Top
Chippertheripper Joined: Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 819 Semass	Posted on Feb 06 2016 12:56 PM As someone who built a telemaster, I would like to extend a snarky middle finger in your direction. Of course, I also own a Jazzmaster, so I hope that restores the balance of being an fuddy-duddy and not a hipster. Edit: that's a friendly and sarcastic middle finger, so none of you read too deep here. Last edited: Feb 06, 2016 13:33:55 Top
JObeast Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan	Posted on Feb 06 2016 02:25 PM As long as it's not a raised index finger and a goofy grin while holding a severed head in the other hand. But I just find the latest FMIC gimmick galling. — Squink Out! Top
Chippertheripper Joined: Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 819 Semass	Posted on Feb 06 2016 02:57 PM the guitar is galling in that they didn't do a rosewood version. The gimmick is falling in that they're only making 500 of each color so you know they'll just end up with collectors. However, a straight up tele in an offset shape is good. Comfy, curvaceous and good. .02, ymmv, and that stuff. Last edited: Feb 06, 2016 14:57:38 Top

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