RussB
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When I got my Bluesbird a few years ago, it had a Bigsby B3 on it, The tailpiece was some funky contraption a a former Westerly employee conjured up. It didn't work well. It was barely threaded into the the bushings and flopped around...I took the Bigsby off the guitar.
The Guildsby was in need of some maintenance. The bearings were very gritty and pretty far from smooth. I removed the bushings, and in the process snapped two string pins off (which are 1/16" x 5/16" long spring pins) I cleaned, liubed and re-installed the bushings, and bought a Callaham "pinless" string bar. It's very well made and measure a full .375" in diameter as opposed to the stock string bar which was .371". The Callaham feels very smooth and precise, plus no more messin' with the pins.
The handle stud had stripped threads. I ordered a replacement and installed it. That went OK
I recently came across a product called the Towner Down Bar. It replaces the tailpiece and seemed just what I needed to make the Bigsby work.
I got it all together, and...the upward pressure from the strings pulled a bushing out of the body. I removed both bushings and glued them in. Problem solved.
The Guildsby was in need of some maintenance. The bearings were very gritty and pretty far from smooth. I removed the bushings, and in the process snapped two string pins off (which are 1/16" x 5/16" long spring pins) I cleaned, liubed and re-installed the bushings, and bought a Callaham "pinless" string bar. It's very well made and measure a full .375" in diameter as opposed to the stock string bar which was .371". The Callaham feels very smooth and precise, plus no more messin' with the pins.
The handle stud had stripped threads. I ordered a replacement and installed it. That went OK
I recently came across a product called the Towner Down Bar. It replaces the tailpiece and seemed just what I needed to make the Bigsby work.
I got it all together, and...the upward pressure from the strings pulled a bushing out of the body. I removed both bushings and glued them in. Problem solved.