Don335 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I attended a recent guitar show in Ft. Washington Pa. I stopped by the Reverend Guitar booth to play a Pete Anderson PA-1 B-7 Bigsby equipped hollow body guitar. The first thing I noticed was how soft the feel of the Bigsby was compared to the one on my Gibson ES-335. I found out that Reverend uses a special soft tension spring for this particular guitar. I quickly purchased one and installed it on my ES-335. This spring changed everything, it's unbelievable how good the Bigby responds. The tension of the Bigsby is amazingly soft and responsive. I know this is a small modification but it made this guitar so much more versatile and more musical in my opinion. If your wanting a softer more responsive feel with your Bigsby this is the way to go. Don335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Thanks for this - good tip, I'm in UK and emailing them now.... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I went ahead and ordered a couple of these the other day - will let you know how they play when they arrive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just to end this one; springs arrived (I ordered 2) and I put one on my Bigsby'd ES175. Yes - a game changer indeed. I can really recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I attended a recent guitar show in Ft. Washington Pa. I stopped by the Reverend Guitar booth to play a Pete Anderson PA-1 B-7 Bigsby equipped hollow body guitar. The first thing I noticed was how soft the feel of the Bigsby was compared to the one on my Gibson ES-335. I found out that Reverend uses a special soft tension spring for this particular guitar. I quickly purchased one and installed it on my ES-335. This spring changed everything, it's unbelievable how good the Bigby responds. The tension of the Bigsby is amazingly soft and responsive. I know this is a small modification but it made this guitar so much more versatile and more musical in my opinion. If your wanting a softer more responsive feel with your Bigsby this is the way to go. Don335 You got me interested.. looks like you can order it right off their web site.. but for some reason, it doesn't seem possible to order a "gold" one. http://www.reverendguitars.com/store/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 You got me interested.. looks like you can order it right off their web site.. but for some reason, it doesn't seem possible to order a "gold" one. http://www.reverendguitars.com/store/ Yes I wanted a gold one but no dice - on the other hand the spring is almost out of sight and will reflect gold off the rest of the assembly......I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 yeah I was actually thinking it wouldn't be a big deal to have a chrome spring there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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