jonny_2_owls Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The title says it all really. I have a sunburst '65 Lennon casino and was considering putting a bigsby on it. It is one of the 'R' stamped ones (although I can find nothing at all wrong with it) so it didn't come with the certificate and Lennon case. Every casino I've put a bigsby on before has become better (to me) guitar, it's just that it loses that 'lennon'ness' and I'm guessing potential value if I have to sell it some time in the future. What do you guys reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't see the problem if you plan on keeping it. Whether it devalues the guitar or not is purely a matter of speculation. When you go to sell, there might be somebody out there who thinks it's baddass. You might also get some folks who recoil in horror. Bottom line, people have done far more drastic things to far more rare and expensive guitars and lived to tell about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 +1 for what Brian said! Make it what you want it to be, Jonny. Besides, buying a guitar and immediately thinking about what it'll be worth at resale is just ... unmusical! Become famous and it won't matter if you paint it purple and green ... it'll STILL be worth a ton! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amx05462 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 well i tryed to attatch a photo of paul with his casino which has a bigsby on it but seems like anything over the size of a postage stamp is too big. anyhow if thats what you want then put it on i thought they just attatched an the bottom of the guitar or is there a screw under the spring? if not then if you sell it then put the old tailpiece on it. that whole lennonised stuff is crap anyhow. just a way to get more money out of you like all the other signature crap. put it on and enjoy it is what i say. ive got a few bigsbys on guitars and there all just attatched at the bottom accept for the one on my 325. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Lunatic Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Oh, no, one should never alter a rare, collectible, refurbished Asian guitar. The limited production of 1,000,000 units make them truly hard-to-find, and ones with an "R" are even more unique. To keep it authentic, don't change the original strings, or even clean it, for that matter. Untouched, that guitar will easily quadruple in value over the next 10 years, just like old Teiscos and Univoxs, where collector demand has skyrocked. (grin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigh Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 George got his Casino the same time as John & his has a Bigsby on her. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny_2_owls Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Thanks for the replies. I'm not to bothered about the Lennon signature thing, I got the guitar because it was about the nearest thing I could get to a vintage casino without the £££'s price tag, and it is an amazing sounding and quality instrument. I've had it about 6 months and more and more I find myself going for the bigsby arm because other and main guitar, an '84 matsumoko riviera has one. And I've always thought George was cooler and like someone just said his has a bigsby on it!! Think I'm probably answering my own question here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Oh, no, one should never alter a rare, collectible, refurbished Asian guitar. The limited production of 1,000,000 units make them truly hard-to-find, and ones with an "R" are even more unique. To keep it authentic, don't change the original strings, or even clean it, for that matter. Untouched, that guitar will easily quadruple in value over the next 10 years, just like old Teiscos and Univoxs, where collector demand has skyrocked. (grin) :unsure: ............................... [lol] ...... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ To the O.P.: I just put a Bigsby on a $3000.00 Gibson LP....Drilled holes in it and stuff....As I can afford to, I'm putting Bigsbys on Epis as well.... There are Bigsbys that don't need drilling as well.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 i probably woudnt but what would john lennon do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diverden Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I would think the more important question here would be ; do I play a lot of music that requires a Bigsby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Lunatic Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I would think the more important question here would be ; do I play a lot of music that requires a Bigsby? That is not important; a Bigsby just looks cool...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Oh, no, one should never alter a rare, collectible, refurbished Asian guitar. The limited production of 1,000,000 units make them truly hard-to-find, and ones with an "R" are even more unique. To keep it authentic, don't change the original strings, or even clean it, for that matter. Untouched, that guitar will easily quadruple in value over the next 10 years, just like old Teiscos and Univoxs, where collector demand has skyrocked. (grin) Edit: Nevermind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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