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es-335 bigsby question


jacobchoi96

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wat kind of bigsby do i need to install on an es-335

 

if u install the bigsby do u have to chage the brige?

 

can u install it with the vibramate???

 

 

B7, or B70 or B700, the B7 is US the rest elsewhere

 

No

 

Check their website, but if you are using the vibramate you need to use the B7 only.

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Installing the B7 requires drilling a couple of new holes in the face of the guitar, and filling in or disguising the big, prominent holes where the tail piece studs were. If you want to do a reversible installation, get a Vibramate and a B5. I put them on my SG: it looks factory made, AND I can reinstall the stop tail piece in about 5 minutes, if I decide I don't want the Bigsby. Note that only the B5 fits: the B50 and other "made under license" (in China) don't fit.

http://www.vibramate.com/index.html

 

There's also the EZ-mount, but it comes with the Chinese Bigsby knockoff, it's very pricey, and you can't adapt the American-made Bigsby. I'd go with the Vibramate.

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