electric guitar's unsung hero". Guitar. Retrieved August 23, 2022. Bigsby guitars, producer of the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. History of Bigsby guitars. Vibramate...
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Bigsby is a brand of guitars and guitar accessories that operated as an independent company by Paul Bigsby until 1966 when it was purchased by ex-Gibson...
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mislabeled as a tremolo arm) and proprietor of Bigsby Electric Guitars. Paul built an early steel guitar for Southern California steel guitarist Earl "Joaquin"...
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Bigsby on his 1958 Gibson Flying V electric guitar. The Bigsby remains popular, especially on hollow-body guitars. It's available as a factory-fitted option...
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acoustic guitars, bass amplifiers and public address equipment; however, it is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly...
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of the steel guitar. The pedals operated a mechanical linkage to apply tension to raise the pitch of the strings. Bigsby built guitars incorporating...
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Rear mounted tailpiece, stoptail bridge, or Bigsby vibrato tailpiece 14th-fret neck join The archtop guitar is often credited to Orville Gibson, whose...
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There are several types of electric guitar. Early forms were hollow-body semi-acoustic guitars, while solid body guitars developed later. String configurations...
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(1899–1968), American guitar maker, inventor and motorcycle racer/mechanic Bigsby Electric Guitars, a company named after Paul Bigsby Bigsby vibrato tailpiece...
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design for the pedal action, greatly improving it. Bigsby, working alone in his shop, made guitars for leading players of the day, including Joaquin Murphey...
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