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Topic: What's left of a Bigsby on eBay |
Matthew Carlin
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Lake County, IL.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Robert Jenkins
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Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 4:55 am |
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| Todd Clinesmith could likely make something of this. If I had the money, I'd be inclined to let him have a go at it. |
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Rick Barnhart
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 5:22 am
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I'm tempted to ask the seller if he has an pictures.
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Curt Langston
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Posted 1 May 2012 6:00 am
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Save it for the winter. It's kindlin!
Whew! I'm nauseated! |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 6:51 am
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this is an early one too - note the old style keyhead casting - be hard to match up this neck with Todds molds, they are different. (maybe he has the old mold??) but thats about all you could do.
certainly needs to be saved / restored - i dont see this as a basket case by any means -it will be interesting to see what it sells for - i guess Todd will be getting A LOT of calls on this one.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 1 May 2012 10:57 am
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The bridge/changer end is not a Bigsby made,nor is the pedal rod assembly/thingy. Someone at some point clearly had an idea how to "improve" things on an "ancient" thing  |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 2:06 pm
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And the pickup has been rewound and the 1949 Klusons are missing, and so is Hal Seaver's name on the apron. Other than that, it looks great!
THIS IS AN ERROR ON MY PART. IT SHOULD BE SEAVERS' . There is an s at the end of his name.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars.
Last edited by Chris Lucker on 9 May 2012 11:37 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Matthew Carlin
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Lake County, IL.
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Posted 1 May 2012 3:06 pm
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Thanks Chris, I had a sneaking suspicion you would know the story behind this guitar.
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 2 May 2012 9:55 am Correction
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Excuse me, I should have written Seavers' with the apostrophe after the s.
Thanks to the three of you who caught my error.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 2 May 2012 10:28 am
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that's ok chris.
a misplaced apostrophe is not a catastrophe!
christophe |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 May 2012 10:05 pm This pile of junk-Bigsby chassis................
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After seeing on eBay the terrible abuse this once exceptionally fine Bigsby guitar has suffered it caused my aging olde mind to have a flash-back......
During the mid-60's while playing at the popular Division Street Corral here in Portland, my attention was attracted to an area of the dance floor near the front of the bandstand where I immediately recognized an old musician friend by the name of Bobby Gibson.
He was accompanied by an unfamiliar older gentleman.
At the break they both approached me and my QUAD BIGSBY. Bobby was grinning ear to ear and the older fellow was just staring wide-eyed at my guitar up on the stage.
Turns out, it was Paul A. Bigsby himself and after a few tearful moments he grabbed me and told me how happy he was for my having taken such good care "of HIS GUITAR". I found that to be a very touching moment in my playing career.
Had Paul lived to see this disaster on eBay, I'm afraid it would have broken his heart. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 4 May 2012 7:15 am
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| The last I looked the bidding was approaching $2,000. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Geoff Cline
From:
Southwest France
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Posted 5 May 2012 7:06 am Re: This pile of junk-Bigsby chassis................
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
After seeing on eBay the terrible abuse this once exceptionally fine Bigsby guitar has suffered it caused my aging olde mind to have a flash-back......
During the mid-60's while playing at the popular Division Street Corral here in Portland, my attention was attracted to an area of the dance floor near the front of the bandstand where I immediately recognized an old musician friend by the name of Bobby Gibson.
He was accompanied by an unfamiliar older gentleman.
At the break they both approached me and my QUAD BIGSBY. Bobby was grinning ear to ear and the older fellow was just staring wide-eyed at my guitar up on the stage.
Turns out, it was Paul A. Bigsby himself and after a few tearful moments he grabbed me and told me how happy he was for my having taken such good care "of HIS GUITAR". I found that to be a very touching moment in my playing career.
Had Paul lived to see this disaster on eBay, I'm afraid it would have broken his heart. |
Great story Ray. I'd like to think that Paul's heart would have been so "gladdened" by one of his guitars selling for over $200K recently that the subsequent "eBay aberration" would only elicit a sigh...or a laugh...or "what the..?!?!? |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 9 May 2012 11:39 am
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It looks like it is missing the left rear leg and the original center latch for the case.
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Chris Lucker
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 May 2012 11:54 am
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shoot - you could put a loafer pad on that back neck and use the outside neck as your bar a/la Tom Morrell and you'd have yourself a fine steel. with mojo. 
i (hope) we'll see this one in a year or so restored back to its former glory - originality be damned, its a Bigsby.
wont be me though, i've got a closet full of basket cases to easily rival this one. plus my Clinesmith is due on my doorstep any day now. 
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Tom Keller
From:
Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 11 May 2012 11:54 am
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| Wow, these things must really be rare $2800.00 |
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 11 May 2012 1:09 pm
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Is that what it sold for?
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 12 May 2012 2:10 pm
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Parts is parts....
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 12 May 2012 2:55 pm
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Those are one of the rarest of the Bigsby endplates and a rare version of Bigsby necks. Not many Bigsbys were made that had these necks or endplates.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 May 2012 5:59 am
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