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Re: [SurfGuitar101] Mosrites

mctippens - 12 Apr 2002 10:51:12

Yeah,
An additional spring would probably just pop out. I intend to try a fiber washer
under the spring.
Marty
<<You might be able to put a heavier gauge spring under there, but there's no
room for additional springs.
>From: "" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Mosrites
>Date: Fri 12 Apr 2002 15:51:33 MET
>
>You can put more than 1 spring under a Bigsby????????
>
>------------------------
> wrote:
>------------------------
>
> >> 11's on there and that's
> >> even too heavy as they pull the whammy bar a bit
> >> low. The guitar was made
> >> with slinkier strings in mind. But the action is
> >> great and the finish on the
> >> reissue is beautiful.
> >
> >My friend was putting some really really heavy gauge
> >strings on his Gretsch 6120 and I believe he had to
> >put more springs under the bigsby. The high gauge
> >strings also made the action kind of stink. I assume
> >something similar would happen.
> >

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