Thinking of Removing the Bigsby....

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So, yeah.

I'm thinking of taking the Bigsby B7 off of my Les Paul Custom. I installed it a few years back using a Vibramate kit.

I'd go back to the stock tailpiece on my Les Paul. Then, I'd make a custom adapter plate and put the Bigsby on my '74 SG. The SG already has one of the Gibson-stamped vibratos. But, honestly, those Gibson-stamped "Bigsbys" that they put on Gibsons back in the '70s simply aren't as good as a real Bigsby.

I suppose I could get another Bigsby, but I'm saving money for a mixer. (That's another thread for another day. @Thatbastarddon knows what I'm talking about!)
 
smitty_p said:
Back to this:

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Hmmmm.....
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IMO, your LP looks better without that Bigsby contraption... :celebrate:
 
I will vote "No Bigsby" every time, on every guitar, in every circumstance. I hate all there is to hate about them, from the looks to how they feel.
You could not do a better thing for that guitar than to remove the wang-bar tumor from it. ;)
 
The deed:

It is done.

Bigsby removed. This also gave me a chance to do a really good cleaning of the body and fret board while I had it apart.

A couple benefits of taking the Bigsby off were that I shaved a little weight off the guitar and it made my controls far more accessible again. The Bigsby really obstructs the controls.

Anyway, we're back to stock configuration:

LesPaulCustom_No_Bigsby_05092020_sm.jpg

Now, the plan is to transplant the B7 onto my '74 SG.

As I mentioned earlier, this will replace the original Gibson-stamped "Bigsby" that is currently on it. But, I need to buy some aluminum plate that is thick enough to make a suitable adapter.
 
smitty_p said:
The deed:

It is done.

Bigsby removed. This also gave me a chance to do a really good cleaning of the body and fret board while I had it apart.

A couple benefits of taking the Bigsby off were that I shaved a little weight off the guitar and it made my controls far more accessible again. The Bigsby really obstructs the controls.

Anyway, we're back to stock configuration:

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Now, the plan is to transplant the B7 onto my '74 SG.

As I mentioned earlier, this will replace the original Gibson-stamped "Bigsby" that is currently on it. But, I need to buy some aluminum plate that is thick enough to make a suitable adapter.
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Noooooo!!!! What did that poor SG ever do to you to make you want to treat it like that? Seriously, step back from the Bigsby black hole and remember to love your guitars, not make heinous wiggle-bar slaves of them.
 
smitty_p said:
The deed:

It is done.

Bigsby removed. This also gave me a chance to do a really good cleaning of the body and fret board while I had it apart.

A couple benefits of taking the Bigsby off were that I shaved a little weight off the guitar and it made my controls far more accessible again. The Bigsby really obstructs the controls.

Anyway, we're back to stock configuration:

View attachment 43087

Now, the plan is to transplant the B7 onto my '74 SG.

As I mentioned earlier, this will replace the original Gibson-stamped "Bigsby" that is currently on it. But, I need to buy some aluminum plate that is thick enough to make a suitable adapter.
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Noooooo!!!! What did that poor SG ever do to you to make you want to treat it like that? Seriously, step back from the Bigsby black hole and remember to love your guitars, not make heinous wiggle-bar slaves of them.
 
gball said:
Noooooo!!!! What did that poor SG ever do to you to make you want to treat it like that? Seriously, step back from the Bigsby black hole and remember to love your guitars, not make heinous wiggle-bar slaves of them.
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Well...the poor SG was given its Bigsby-ish hardware by none other than the Gibson Corporation in 1974!

So the damage was done forty-six years ago.

The SG came that way with the horseshoe-style, Gibson-stamped device. I’m just trying to give it a bit of an upgrade.
 
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