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Topic: Bigsby curiosity............... |
Ray Montee
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 1:19 pm |
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The first BIGSBY w/pedals that I ever saw, had the cyclinders that pushed UP, in the area of the tuning pegs, to change the string pitch.
In fact, when I rec'd mine, it didn't have those, there, and I immediately jumped to the wrongful conclusion that some old guy in Downey, Calif., had stiffed my on my newly acquired 1956 quad with six pedals. I ask you, what was a brand new high school 'graduate' expected to know about the real world and its moment to moment progress?
By chance, do any of you Bigsby owners have a guitar from that model era that you might be willing to share photo's of? Could you raise more than one string or were they all single string pushes? Did you have 'lowers' as well?
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 7:31 pm
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I have had two Bigsbys with the plungers. I only have one now. I got it from the original owner, Wally Olfert. He played in the Christian Cowboys with Eschol Cosby. His guitar has tw pedals and twoindividual plungers. The other guitar, which will remain nameless, did two changes with one plunger and one with the other. I also have the first DALAND and it has the plungers Shot Jackson put on when the guitar was built in August 1954. Don Davis,Hank Garland, Ray Butts and Shot Jackson did those DALANDS.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 9:08 pm
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Wally Olfert , which is July something 1951 has two plungers, but Ray, one raises the second and the other lowers the fourth on the center of three necks.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 3:38 pm What's the chances...............
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of getting you, Chris, to show some photo's of the plungers for both single and multiple string tone changes?
I for one would surely be grateful to you. It's been a long time since I saw that apparatus and I'm sure it would be benficial toward the education of others here on the SGF.
How about it? Anyone else as interested as I am? |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 5:27 pm
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I will post photos when back from the Sierras. I only have my phone now
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 5:31 pm
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By the way, I just reread what I wrote above. It does make sense. Wally Olfert has an A pedal that lowers string four and the B pedal raises string three. I do not know why I said string two.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars.
Last edited by Chris Lucker on 26 Sep 2011 7:17 am; edited 1 time in total |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 11:40 pm
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is this what you're wanting Ray ?
Steve Waltz's Clinesmith
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 7:43 am Response to CrowBear............
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| I can't thank you enough for your prompt and graphic response however, what I'm anxious to see is the early day "CYLINDER" thingies that were located within the tuning peg area of the g'tar. How they worked; how they were rigged; etc. |
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Len Ryder
From:
Penticton B.C.
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 9:11 am Bigsby:
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Ray:
If you have not already read the book, pick up "The Story of Paul Bigsby" by Andy Babiuk. It is worthwhile and has many pictures, etc. etc. in it.
Len Ryder |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 10:29 am
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Ray
Here is my Wally Olfert from 1951. In another post I will show the plunger parts from a 1950 I used to have. Then I will show the plungers on the first DALAND which is August 1954.
In another thread (Bigsby bars, I think) I will put the photo of the swirls Bigsby used on 1956 necks. Coincidentally, one of my Bigsbys is a 1956 so has the swirls, or jeweled necks.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 10:41 am
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Here are more plunger parts for a Bigsby that were off the necks for cleanup.
These are from a 1950 Double neck I used to have. From these photos you can see how they work and how they tune. When a single plunger pushes up on two string pushers, the plunger pushes up on a piece of aluminum that bridges the two string pushers.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars.
Last edited by Chris Lucker on 26 Sep 2011 12:32 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 10:48 am
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This is how Shot Jackson did it in August 1954 when he joined Don Davis and Hank Garland in making the DALAND guitars. don DA vis and hank gar LAND.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Redd V
From:
Galax Va
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 11:59 am Whew!!
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Awesome Chris, thank you!
Redd |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2011 12:09 pm
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Redd
I listened to you for three quarters of my drive back from the Sierras. Thank you.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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