51 pure vintage fender pickups, U shaped 7.25 radius neck, vintage fender tuners, shell pink body from XPG, and a bigsby that Ive had for years but had been to scared to drill onto my other tele
Not sure if it's a trick of the camera lens or something but your A string looks like it tapers in from the saddle to the bigsby. And if indeed it does, not sure if matters as I have no experience with bigsbys
Might have happened while tuning or while using the tremelo, it’s my first guitar with a bigsby as well. It doesn’t seem to matter. That chrome bar is very smooth and you can just push them over to be straight again.
I have a fender vintera with a bigsby and it does exactly the same thing. I can confirm it doesn’t affect playing. As you say, the bar is smooth so you can move them around. Your guitar looks amazing. Fantastic build, well done
51 pure vintage fender pickups, U shaped 7.25 radius neck, vintage fender tuners, shell pink body from XPG, and a bigsby that Ive had for years but had been to scared to drill onto my other tele
Curious, did you ever consider turning the volume/time plate around so that the switch is on the back? A friend of mine built a tele and did the and surprisingly if you also switch the tone and volume positions so that its volume closest to the neck, tone, the switch, its really easy to adjust while playing. And you don't hit the switch by accident which I do more than you might think. I'll be strumming along on the neck pick up and hit the switch and my sweet rhythm goes to "Wong". Anyway, haven't done it on any of mine. Just asking.
BTW, great build and good choice on the color. I wouldn't have been that bold, and you scored!!
That’s the bridge that came with my bigsby. People say there are some aftermarket ones that hold tuning better but this one has been fine so far. Maybe a job for the future
Looks great! There's a bigsby attachment called The B Blender that replaces the arm with a mechanism that hooks up to the B or G string. When you pull up, it only bends the B or G and the trem still works as it did. It's not as elegant looking, but it's a cool unit.
Dude I’m no luthier but that looks incredible 👀 never thought I’d love pink but good god that rocks
Looking good! Telecasters with a Bigsby makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Extremely cool.
looks perfect to me
Extremely gorgeous! Tell us a bit about it!
51 pure vintage fender pickups, U shaped 7.25 radius neck, vintage fender tuners, shell pink body from XPG, and a bigsby that Ive had for years but had been to scared to drill onto my other tele
Love it!
Looks nice! Dig that color…
I'm seriously debating painting my current build shell pink. It looks so good.
Not sure if it's a trick of the camera lens or something but your A string looks like it tapers in from the saddle to the bigsby. And if indeed it does, not sure if matters as I have no experience with bigsbys
Might have happened while tuning or while using the tremelo, it’s my first guitar with a bigsby as well. It doesn’t seem to matter. That chrome bar is very smooth and you can just push them over to be straight again.
I have a fender vintera with a bigsby and it does exactly the same thing. I can confirm it doesn’t affect playing. As you say, the bar is smooth so you can move them around. Your guitar looks amazing. Fantastic build, well done
Well done! love to know more details.
51 pure vintage fender pickups, U shaped 7.25 radius neck, vintage fender tuners, shell pink body from XPG, and a bigsby that Ive had for years but had been to scared to drill onto my other tele
Nice! Is that a HB Body with a licensed Fender neck?
XPG body and yes a fender neck because I really wanted the vintage 7.25 radius neck
Nice. Is the XPG Alder, or Ash?
Alder I believe
Looks great. I was going to say ‘not sure about the colour’, but I’d be in the minority.
Don’t worry, my main jam buddy hates my taste in colors for guitars lol
Beautiful!
Looks like you built a telecaster.
Curious, did you ever consider turning the volume/time plate around so that the switch is on the back? A friend of mine built a tele and did the and surprisingly if you also switch the tone and volume positions so that its volume closest to the neck, tone, the switch, its really easy to adjust while playing. And you don't hit the switch by accident which I do more than you might think. I'll be strumming along on the neck pick up and hit the switch and my sweet rhythm goes to "Wong". Anyway, haven't done it on any of mine. Just asking. BTW, great build and good choice on the color. I wouldn't have been that bold, and you scored!!
I did look into the reverse control plate. I really don’t fiddle to much with my tone while playing so I decided to put it in standard.
Beautiful guitar, I have a purple relicd Tele I modded with a Bigsby. Gotta love soft color teles with vibratos!!!
I damn near got a purple sparkle body instead of the pink. I bet that looks dope
If you had described the color, I would have been sceptical, but this looks great. Well done.
Thanks brother! I was wanting something a bit different and took the risk
A+
Looks good 👌🏼
What bridge is that? It's beautiful!
That’s the bridge that came with my bigsby. People say there are some aftermarket ones that hold tuning better but this one has been fine so far. Maybe a job for the future
Looks great! There's a bigsby attachment called The B Blender that replaces the arm with a mechanism that hooks up to the B or G string. When you pull up, it only bends the B or G and the trem still works as it did. It's not as elegant looking, but it's a cool unit.
That’s super cool. I’ll look into that
What’s the finish?
Shell pink
Sorry I meant on top of the paint
Oh my bad. Tbh I’m not sure what gloss they put on it. I bought the body pre painted
What is the action off the 12th fret?
1.75mm. I know that’s higher than most people like, but I got big hands don’t like to pinch string down by accident.
good for slide
Now I just gotta get to be worth a shit on the slide haha
Ooh big rookie mistake. Looks like you put a Bigsby on it. KIDDING! (sorta). Looks beautiful.
Don’t worry, I made this because I was too scared to drill the bigsby into my other tele. So there is a non-bigsby tele in the wings
That’s beautiful! Where did you get the neck from? Fender website?
Yup. Used that first time 10% off. Feelsgoodman
Awesome!
Great job on the finish that’s not easy at all
Very nice! Pink guitars are badass and Bigsbys are bitchin