chipwich Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I updated my #2 Midtown P90 last night with a Bigsby B5, and wanted to share how easy it is using the Vibramate V5 adapter. For those of you who don't know, the Vibramate allows an easy mounting of a Bigsby bridge without drilling holes in your guitar. The mod was easy to do and took me about an hour, including replacing some aesthetic pieces like pickup covers, knobs, switch ring, switch cover, and doing a setup. StewMac parts. Gibson parts. Tools A few more optional tools used. Upgrades complete. All natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eades Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 mmmmmm newcastle brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nice Midtown, Chipwich. The black trim looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejay Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 looks great! how's it play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwich Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 looks great! how's it play? Thanks guys. It seems pretty stable, once the strings had been stretched. I had never owned a Bigsby, and what I have learned is that it takes a bit more effort than a Strat. That design probably lends it to be very stable tuning wise. Otherwise, it plays just like it did before. Since I replaced the pickup covers, requiring me to remove the pickups, and the Nashville Bridge with a Golden Age roller bridge, I took measurements on the number 1 and 6 strings at the bridge, and the string height at the pickups. It was really easy to bring it back to spec using those measurements. I also visually compared the roller bridge saddle locations to the Nashville bridge. They looked pretty close, and in fact the intonation was perfect without making further adjustments. So other than pickup and bridge height, it was plug-and-play. You wouldn't need to do those if you didn't replace the bridge and pickup covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_Foxtrot Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 lol love the Newcastle - excellent choice! Beautiful Midtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fderop Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hello, Nice job with the V5, it looks so pretty, I would like to add a V7 on my cherry one. Do you know if it's possible to install a vibramate V7 on the midtown P90 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I don't even like Bigsbys, but that is a really nice job! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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