It's official...The Dillion LP Goldtop fitted with Bigsby B7 is MINE!!!!

[madgrinder]

Jim is fitting the Bigsby for free if I buy the LP and trem from him. He will do a full setup with my favorite Hybrid Slinkies and set the height on the P90's.

 

It will look like this, but with a B7 long-tail Bigsby (like a trapeze)

http://i19.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/03/ce/f9_12_s.JPG

 

Total cost $560

[Guitarzan]

congrats Madgrinder!

[Bbach1]

Wow. Sounds like a bargain.

[Werewolf by Night]

Looks to be a lot for the money! Cool!

 

What kinds of music do you play, mostly, anyways?

[Dave da Dude]

Good deal!

[NMcGuitar]

[Teahead]

Congratulations! That's a great looking guitar, that I'd imagine will only improve with the Bigsby. Good luck...

 

Tea.

[tiger85]

Neil Young would be so proud! Congrats on a nice purchase!

[madgrinder]

Originally posted by Caevan O'Shite:

Looks to be a lot for the money! Cool!

 

What kinds of music do you play, mostly, anyways?

I have been playing mostly hard rock and metal, but I am expanding into a bluesy style now. All my other guitars are HH hardtails.

 

I think the P90/Bigsby on the LP will expand the styles and sounds I can play...not to mention the cool 50's vibe my brain will feel, since I practice at times in front of a full-length mirror.

[Werewolf by Night]

Cool!

 

I love "soapbars", and I have a '97 Les Paul Studio "Gem" with P-90s, that I string-up to be tuned to Open-D. I thought about putting a Bigsby just like yours on it, but have been experimenting with "benders" instead. (They affect only one individual string, and pull it up in pitch to a pre-set amount, like a half-step or a whole-step bend, for "pedal-steel"-like effects within chords.)

 

Try tuning that thing to Open-G (D-G-D-G-B-D, low-to-high) sometime if you wanna get all '50s and rootsy-bluesy-retro-twangin'. Very "Chuck" and especially "Keef" sounding. (I know Chuck Berry didn't tune to Open-G, but you can't help but sound kinda like a-ringin'-a-bell from time to time with a soapbar-guitar tuned that way!) It works fine with the gauges you'd use for standard-tuning.

 

Dare I even evoke the High Priestess of the Church of Keith... ?

 

I still say... getcha some Archer brand Teflon gel from Radio Shack, to apply to all moving parts and string contact points, including the bridge and nut-slots. A tiny amount will do all you'll need.

 

And maybe some Graph Tech saddles; if you have any tuning troubles.

 

And maybe even a set of those new locking Grover tuners, they look to be really sweet!

[SuperFreak]

Congrats man!

No doubt it'll sounds as good as it will look...which will be SWEEEEEEET!

[Gato]

Originally posted by madgrinder:

Total cost $560

For a Hondo copy ... too expensive

[Mudcat]

Congratulations on joining the ranks of the "wobbly twangers!"

 

I wear the Bigsby out on my Tennessean. It's great for clean chord work and controlled feedback.

 

Have fun with it!