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Topic: How many Bigsby’s in Europe? |
Damir Besic
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 1:45 am |
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thinking about maybe bringing my ‘51 Bigsby T8 to Europe next time, does anybody have an idea how many Bigsby’s are currently located in Europe? thanks...
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 1:54 am
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Phil Morgan would be able to answer your question for sure.
I have a feeling that, apart from his, there is one other.
I think that cost of shipping is the main thing that has prevented more of these wonderful instruments ending up on this side of the pond. I reckon if it was already in Europe you'd find a buyer for sure. |
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 1:59 am
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Thanks Jeff, I was thinking there would be 2-3 at the most, but don’t know for sure... this instrument would definitely be a very rare sight on European stage... 😊
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 4:19 am
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| There's two, mine and Phil's. Then there's a one PA Reissue in London and at least some point there was a T8 non pedal guitar in Portugal that was made out of real Bigsby parts but not made by PA. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 4:25 am
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wow , thanks Jussi, I never thought about that unti I started thinking about bringing mine with me to Europe, and realized I’ve never seen a Bigsby on the stage after playing all over Europe for decades... very interesting
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 4:30 am
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| Damir, I've played mine on stage many many times. Mostly here in Finland and Sweden and one tour in Germany years ago. I took it to US couple of times also but I don't like to take it on the gig anymore if I have to fly since I don't want the original case to be damaged. If I had a proper flight case it'd be a different thing. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 20 Jun 2019 4:34 am
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| Jussi Huhtakangas wrote: |
| Damir, I've played mine on stage many many times. Mostly here in Finland and Sweden and one tour in Germany years ago. I took it to US couple of times also but I don't like to take it on the gig anymore if I have to fly since I don't want the original case to be damaged. If I had a proper flight case it'd be a different thing. |
that makes sense, I don’t have original case for this guitar, it is in D12 Mullen case right now , but I will order a custom built flight case for it as soon as I get back to US, so it should be ok and safe to put it on the plane... I hope
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