jddc_115 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 A couple of months ago I was really interested in purchasing the recently released Limited Edition 50th Anniversary "1961" Casino TDV, which is equipped with the epiphone tremotone vibrato. I've never owned a guitar with a vibrato and was really excited about the idea. When I tested one at my local music store I didn't like it as much as the bigsby and it didn't seem to keep its tuning, especially when I played it against epiphone models equipped with a bigsby. I figured since epiphone swapped from the epiphone made tremotone to bigsby models in the 1960s that there must be a reason for it, and didn't purchase the guitar. So now my questions are: 1)How do people think the epiphone tremotone compares to bigsby vibratos? 2)What experiences have people had with the epiphone tremtone? Thanks, J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Lets just say there's a reason or six that you'll see Bigsby units on guitars made by Epiphone, Gretsch, Guild, Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker and others, both factory equipped and added on by players, while the Tremotone was a fairly short-lived phenomenon that never caught on. Bigsby Mo'betta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jddc_115 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Ha ha. Well put. Thnaks for the help. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Bigsby............In a recent thread, a member put a Bigsby on a Casino.....I had been unaware that it could be done.......... Tremtones don't do it for me............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 "Bigsby............In a recent thread, a member put a Bigsby on a Casino.....I had been unaware that it could be done.........." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Yup.......................Even as a huge Beatles fan, I didn't pay much attention to their Casinos until recently.......... :unsure: ........ Also, Bigsbys didn't interest me until a few years ago........I'm addicted to them now.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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