Epi' Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 iv orderd a gibson sg standard in natural burst and a bigsby (b50) and am wondering the distance to place it from the tune-o-matic bridge i have seen people place it at the verry base of the guitar but i allways thought that you are supposed to place a bigsby where the origional bridge was? how far from the tune-o- matic bridge should i place it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 heres an sg with a factory fitted b50, so im guessing thats where it goes? - link (scroll down to SG Standard 64) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 out of curiosity, why did you buy an SG without a bigsby in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epi' Posted May 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 out of curiosity, why did you buy an SG without a bigsby in the first place? the shop i use to order in all my stuff cant get a hold of one with a bigsby in natural burst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 When I fit a bigsby, I just went to the bisgby website (http://www.bigsbyguitars.com/) Click on "vibratos" in the left hand column, and then select your guitar or something close from the pulldown list. (You would obviously click "Gisbson SG" - I did the same as I was mounting on a flat-topped, TOM bridge guitar) Pulls up a picture of the guitar in question with an appropriate Bigsby. Use that to eyball it, or if you want to get specific pull the photo from the website and use known measurements (like scale length) to calculate the measurement from a known point. You have a fair amount of lee-way though; you just want the thing to be close enough that the break angle over the bridge is enough to keep from getting buzz, and far enough that the strings aren't rubbing on the back of the bridge after coming off the saddles. Since you'll already know the bridge height after setting up the guitar, and you can measure the height off the body the strings will be coming off the bigsby, you can easily calculate the break angle and figure out how far back to place it. FWIW, the guitar I have now with a B50 bisgbsy has the bigbsy about 2 3/16" behind the bridge. (Measuring from the center of the bridge at the bass side to the center of the tension bar roller on the B50.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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