Where can I buy Bigsby Palm Benders?

I am putting together my first partscaster and I would like to put some Palm benders on it.
I know Hip Shot has them but I am interested in picking up the Bigsby Palm Benders.
Anybody know where they can be bought?
Thankx.-g

Quite often, you'll see them on Ebay.

Hey Gar! How is ya?

Dan Balde is the go to guy for new ones. (http://timashley.tripod.com/links.html)

edit: that link is dead now.... hmmm, I emailed him at his last known 'good' address... I'll let you know if he answers.

Try Dan at:

dbalde@eclipse.net

with "Bigsby Palm Pedals" in the subject line....


...might work, but Dan has not exactly been too talkative in recent times:confused:

..if all you are after is a 'standard' two pedal layout, they do come up on eBay reasonably often.

Cheers from 33C Adelaide!:shock:

Thanx you guys.
Yeah, gb if you hear from him please let me know. tanx.

nothing yet gary...

but here is one for sale! (http://cgi.ebay.com/BIGSBY-BP-15-PALM-PEDAL-NEW-OLD-STOCK-NO-RSV-49-95_W0QQitemZ300362079780QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_ Accessories?hash=item45eef99e24#ht_4122wt_1167)

Check out this site, they are selling the QuickBender (http://www.benderguitars.com/quick.html), which seems to be inspired by the Bigsby Palm Pedal. Benderguitars

Here's another site you might wanna check out. I believe this is the man who invented them.
http://www.boomercastleman.com/

Gary,

I heard from Dan... I'll email you!

I had sent a question to the Bigsby Palm Pedals Website a couple of months ago and did get a respond but now I see thier site is down. Wow I guess they went outta business.

deleted as I posted on wrong thread... sorry

in Las Vegas (Al Bruno) who's a master of the Bigsby Palm Pedal device wanted to add one to his Telecaster. He'd had a set on his Gibson ES-345 since they came out (He had Boomer's prototype unit). He wanted a bender on his Tele but wanted to stay with the Bigsby type as that was what he was used to. He ordered a set with the "fold away" levers and has had nothing but trouble with them. The levers keep loosening up and won't work as they're supposed to. The trouble with Bigsby P/P units is that there's not enough body on the guitar behind the bridge for them to operate properly as the levers stick over the bridge quite a bit thereby eliminating the option of doing palm muting which is a standard technique for most players.

In the seventies I installed a set of BPP on Nokie Edwards' (Ventures lead guitarist) Telecaster. What I did was cut off the levers and stagger the heights of them so you could operate the B lever without engaging the G lever or you could slide your hand beside it to activate the G lever. It worked out pretty well as I remember..... I actually took two sets of palm pedals and made one 4 lever unit with it.......

On one of my Strats I have a set of HipShot benders, both B & G and I had to screw the unit into the face of the guitar to keep the G string from going flat when I used the B lever.........JH in Va.

I had sent a question to the Bigsby Palm Pedals Website a couple of months ago and did get a respond but now I see thier site is down. Wow I guess they went outta business.

coolbreeze, I heard from Dan Balde, he's not out of business.. he's moving locations and having some changes going on... if you want Dan's info, email me... the waitlist for a palm pedal is a couple of months and you gotta be serious about getting one if you want to contact Dan... it is a small shop and lots of stuff going on for him...

pm me or email me if you need more info.

If you can get your hands on one of these, they are much sturdier and more modern in design than the Bigsby Palm Pedal. Be sure to scroll down the page to the videos. They really show what this bridge is all about. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any to buy in the USA. Maybe on ebay? Nostrovia!

http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?cat=WG081&product=2405C

GET BENT I'm glad to hear that Bigsby Palm Pedals can still be purchased because I would like to try them out in the future on a guitar.


And Greg Seaman I have been looking at that Dusenberg bender as well to. I havn't seen anyone put one on a Telecaster yet. I don't really want to put it on my Strat because then I can't use the whammy bar.