Here's one I've never seen

[pohatu771]

It look like a non-scroll version of the Scroll guitars. Appears to be tiny, too. The seller claims it's all original, but I'm guessing that the non-Bigsby was added and that it originally had a wraparound bridge. Who would put the selector switch in that position if the Bigsby was stock?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Solid-Body-Japan-70s-Maple-Matsumoku-Made-/320558383091?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item4aa2c4bff3

[RSDx]

......I'm guessing that the non-Bigsby was added and that it originally had a wraparound bridge. Who would put the selector switch in that position if the Bigsby was stock?

Truly !!! 'tis a funky guitar, but don't know if I could be bothered with the switch position.

[Whitmore Willy]

Who comes up with this stuff? Is it some kind of joke or am I missing something?

Maybe the owner was trying to do dive-bombs and change pickups at the same time?

If you had enough tallent to add a Bigsby couldn't you move the switch?

 

Willy

[brianh]

IDK, I think it's genius - why move it if you don't have to.

 

I'd buy it right now if it it stayed at $399, but it won't.

 

I think it will sell at something less than $600.

[Sjael]

If you had enough talent to add a Bigsby couldn't you move the switch?

Installing a Bigsby involves drilling 4 small holes' date=' and screwing the Bigsby down.

 

Moving a switch involves drilling a large hole, and likely filling the old one if you don't want it to look like shite. Not to mention potentially routing a new switch cavity.

 

I've installed a few Bigsbys myself, but I flat refuse to fill a hole in a guitar that I'm not already going to refinish.

 

 

 

I am a fan of Bigsby ingenuity though, the tone knob on my explorer just barely fits into the contours of the B5