Don335 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Hello Everyone, I recently posted my new Sunburst ES-335 w/B7 Bigsby. I changed the ABR-1 to a TonePros roller bridge and replaced the stock spring to a one inch spring.The roller bridge worked pretty well for about a month until it started rattling for no apparent reason?I finally decided to go back to the ABR-1 and have the saddles and nut cleaned up. I also used some Graphite grease on both the bridge and the nut and the results were pretty amazing! I didn't realize how much tone was lost thru the use of a roller bridge on this particular guitar. I do own other guitars with this same roller bridge and had excellent results but on not on the ES-335. Some folks don't care for Bigsby's but I like them...but it does take a little time and patience to work things out with them. I understand the use if a roller bridge does help eliminate some of the tuning issues,but in my case the tone did suffer.So anyone out ther using a Bigsby,clean the slots on both the nut & saddles and you too could be in Tremolo heaven! Don335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Good for you Don! Never understood why people make such a fuss about Bigsbys - a good set up and don't go too light on the string gauges and they really shouldn't cause any more issues than any other vintage vibrato type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap6000 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Just a heads up. I have had bigsby's on a lot of different guitars over the years. I do not like roller bridges for the same reason you took yours off. I have GraphTeck saddles and nut added to all my guitars that have B7 and have no tuning or stability problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don335 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 I have the tuning stability resolved but I still would like get a softer feel from the B7. The B7 feels very stiff and it takes a lot to get a good response from it? Does anyone know how to soften or loosen the feel on one of these things? Thanks Don335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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