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Old February 13th, 2007, 04:57 AM   #26 (permalink)
GUITARmole
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Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic
WOW Guitarmole-Is that a custom Paintjob or what>Looks like a Hotrod.
That Bigsby looks great. Did you drill six holes in the back lip of the bridge plate and graphite or lube the holes for less friction for the Bigsby?
The bridge is a dual loader (top and back) so I smoothed the toploader holes with a file and it seems to be working pretty good. The biggest problem with intonation is due to the crappy job I did of cutting the nut which will probably have to be fixed in the near future. The bridge also has the early 70's 2-slot saddles which works really well with the Bigsby. The slots help keep the strings aligned when using the bar or doing extreme bends since the break angle over the saddles isn't as steep with the Bigsby installed.
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