Paint by numbers DIY bigsby

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Paint by numbers DIY bigsby

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Scored a B5 Bigsby vibramate* kit on fleabay for my Esquire-lawsuit Weta

*no extra holes in the gee-tar

Took a whole hour to fit and intonate. Pretty impressed that there are no buzzes/rattles

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love the bigsby on my Tele, I'm sure you will love this too! No holes drilled = bonus!

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driling holes in a tele isn't going to detract from its inate worth.... as much as I love my new found bigsby calliper love, tele bigsby is just plain ugly.

Though my opinion is probably wrong. and I may fit a bigsby to a tele one day.
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Bg wrote:driling holes in a tele isn't going to detract from its inate worth.... as much as I love my new found bigsby calliper love, … and I may fit a bigsby to a tele one day.
Hold those thoughts

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In fact, the chromey machine look of the Bigsby bit counterbalances the classical 'tele' part of the geetar, in proportion, weight, and the contrast of wood-vs-metal. Its what a tele cries out for. Without the Bigsby, its just a whole empty parking-lot of wood on the back of the body.
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In fact Tele + Bigsby = the perfect blend of instrument and machine.
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And..... That's not a tele
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