Grady Martin Doubleneck

[olewichita]

i'm not sure who else at the moment but several of my friends have had bigsby replica pickups made by other sources than fred stuart or RC allen... paul warnik and dave peterson come to mind but i'm not sure if they're still in business... i believe the two guys in NJ and indiana that built bigsby replica guitars also made their own pickups but i'm not sure about that... i would recommend to contact deke dickerson through his website and see if he can put you in touch with anyone... deke loves everything bigsby and would know... that said i doubt any of them would be much cheaper than fred's and everything fred makes is great... btw, great project! have you seen the doubleneck replica on youtube? tj

[customxke]

I really would like Bigsby-styled pickups. The price I was quoted was over $1000 for 3, including a 5 pole. Bigsby pickups have there own thing going, and I'd like to have that "thing". If anyone else can pipe in an alternative, I'm all ears. There's at least 3 replicas on youtube....the beehide one from Brooklyn is hilarious, and so are the commenters that don't have a sense of humor.

[varakeef]

Originally Posted by Jack Wells

Me ............. not so much.

Me... when I first saw a picture of Bigsby headstock ... figured out that Fender wasn't copying properly until they almost got it in the seventies strat headstock.

[customxke]

Started binding. This was my first time using Duco. Meh. I think I'll go back to acetone. Anyone know how long it takes Duco to set? Reports seem to vary...

[customxke]

Binding is looking good. I used the "red tortoise" from Custom Inlay Inc. It's very transparent, and I was worried that I'd need to back it with white or black, but it turned out very well. The "swirl" really pops in person.

[customxke]

Baby fretboard...meet a baby neck.

[Bongocaster]

Originally Posted by customxke

Binding is looking good. I used the "red tortoise" from Custom Inlay Inc. It's very transparent, and I was worried that I'd need to back it with white or black, but it turned out very well. The "swirl" really pops in person.

That's perdy.

[Maricopa]

If that's real celluloid give the Duco a couple days to fully set. It can really soften the binding and if you scrape it too soon it's easy to gouge and will also sink back a bit.

[customxke]

Thanks! It's cellulloid...I let it set for over 12 hours, and it seemed to be fine. It didn't soften the binding as much as acetone does, which is why I don't think I'll use it again. I use the melting to fix some of my slop in the pointy joints normally...this time I had to be really precise.

[Badabing]

Man those Bigsby guitars could HONK like a Tele!!!
listen to "Honkey Tonk Man" by Johnny Horton guitar by Grady Martin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydLUrEIR_I

listen at 52seconds to 1:12
WOW!

Here is Grady's bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Martin

[customxke]

I wasn't hapoy with my mando neck joint, so I got all ikea on it...

[KuuKOO]

Looking good!

[customxke]

Waiting for wood. Im teaching myself how to make aluminum nuts.

[customxke]

Started with this:




Turned it into this:




Glued it up like this:




And then wait for glue to dry.

[customxke]

Roughed out:

[customxke]

I was worried that the back of the headstock would need a stinger, but I think its good enough.

[Redd Volkaert]

Man! That thing is looking gooood,
but I think I'm in love with your Alnico L5
Can I have it?

Redd

[customxke]

Redd-
I was getting ready to box the Byrdland up for you for Christmas, but then I remembered I had already promised it to my cleaning lady. Maybe I'll give you the next one. Sorry man. If I can't play as good as you, at least I can have the toys!!

[telemaster1953]

Originally Posted by Redd Volkaert

Man! That thing is looking gooood,

Can I have it?

Redd

+1

[customxke]

Originally Posted by telemaster1953

+1

The Byrdland, or the Doubleneck?