Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Prepping the original style bridge for a Bigsby B5


 I had to notch out the bridge plate here in order to make room for the strings to come across from the bigsby.


What I did was mark the string placement according to the string-thru holes at the bottom of the bridge plate (see below) and notch the top of the plate with a V-shaped file. Then I took my trusty dremel to it, and squared everything off, then rounded the edges over so it's palm-friendly. Hope it works!!


I may have to notch the bridge itself in order to keep the strings in place even while the bigsby is in operation. To be continued...




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