bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Twang - 09:02 12-11-08
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Twang - 09:05 12-11-08
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By the way. that was my first attempt. and the piece is smaller now,
so it looks much better.
I just eleme glued that on to see how it looked.. then I reduced the
size so it matches the bridge pretty close
for size and shap.
there's another little bit of the hole on the treble side, too.. but I
have to do that one today.
TWANG
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Jim - 13:01 12-11-08
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Twang wrote:
> I installed a bigsby to my epiphone les paul studio..
>
> the tail piece bushing holes don't match the B7 or B70 Bigsby.. and
> that means you have to fill
> the hole with a dowel, (see pics) and then when the Bigs is in, those
> doweled holes show.
> Not very nice.
> I used a piece of doorsill aluminum I got at Ace hardware.. cost about
> five bucks and is three feet long. only used an inch of it.
> wear a mask and gloves, by the way.
> looks much better than a hole!
> Here's the bare hole followed by the fix.
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> [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/epistbiD.jpg[/
> IMG]
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> [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/elpstbid4.jpg[/
> IMG]
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> TWANG
Not a bad idea.
Does your camera have a MACRO function? Or a focus assist with a red or
IR light? You should be getting a much sharper image.
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Tony Done - 14:32 12-11-08
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"Twang" <coleman_patrick@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c53f5bec-496a-49aa-af7f-8d6b735d97ef@f37g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> By the way. that was my first attempt. and the piece is smaller now,
> so it looks much better.
> I just eleme glued that on to see how it looked.. then I reduced the
> size so it matches the bridge pretty close
> for size and shap.
>
> there's another little bit of the hole on the treble side, too.. but I
> have to do that one today.
>
> TWANG
>
Nice fix, it looks like something I might have done. - It reminds me of on
old army saying, "If you can't hide it, paint it, if you can't paint it, put
a sign on it." Much better than a dodgy attempt at matching the guitar top.
Tony D
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - AJ - 20:35 12-11-08
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In article <18509fd4-9532-48fe-acea-
0a62c7170b2d@c22g2000prc.googlegroups.com>, coleman_patrick@hotmail.com
says...
> I installed a bigsby to my epiphone les paul studio..
>
> the tail piece bushing holes don't match the B7 or B70 Bigsby.. and
> that means you have to fill
> the hole with a dowel, (see pics) and then when the Bigs is in, those
> doweled holes show.
> Not very nice.
> I used a piece of doorsill aluminum I got at Ace hardware.. cost about
> five bucks and is three feet long. only used an inch of it.
> wear a mask and gloves, by the way.
> looks much better than a hole!
> Here's the bare hole followed by the fix.
>
> TWANG
>
Gibson used to use little round plastic fillers on ES335's & ES345's
ordered with Bigsbys. You can probably buy something similar at a
hardware store. Some Gibsons got rectangular name-plates, The Trini
Lopez standard model was one.
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Adams661 - 22:16 12-11-08
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On Nov 12, 6:02=A0am, Twang <coleman_patr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I installed a bigsby to my epiphone les paul studio..
>
> the tail piece bushing holes don't match the B7 or B70 Bigsby.. and
> that means you have to fill
> the hole with a dowel, (see pics) and then when the Bigs is in, those
> doweled holes show.
> Not very nice.
> I used a piece of doorsill aluminum I got at Ace hardware.. cost about
> five bucks and is three feet long. only used an inch of it.
> wear a mask and gloves, by the way.
> looks much better than a hole!
> Here's the bare hole followed by the fix.
>
> [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/epistbiD.jpg[/
> IMG]
>
> [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/elpstbid4.jpg[/
> IMG]
>
> TWANG
You should have used some aluminum round stock and put a slight taper
on it. Any of it left over makes some great knobs.
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Re: bigsby dowel hole fix. for les pauls with long tail bigsby - Twang - 16:55 13-11-08
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On Nov 12, 9:16=A0pm, Adams661 <keithad...@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 6:02=A0am, Twang <coleman_patr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > I installed a bigsby to my epiphone les paul studio..
>
> > the tail piece bushing holes don't match the B7 or B70 Bigsby.. and
> > that means you have to fill
> > the hole with a dowel, (see pics) and then when the Bigs is in, those
> > doweled holes show.
> > Not very nice.
> > I used a piece of doorsill aluminum I got at Ace hardware.. cost about
> > five bucks and is three feet long. only used an inch of it.
> > wear a mask and gloves, by the way.
> > looks much better than a hole!
> > Here's the bare hole followed by the fix.
>
> > [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/epistbiD.jpg[/
> > IMG]
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> > [IMG]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/TWANGthang/elpstbid4.jpg[/
> > IMG]
>
> > TWANG
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> You should have used some aluminum round stock and put a slight taper
> on it. Any of it left over makes some great knobs.- Hide quoted text -
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I was just shaky with the camera.. and indoors, didn't even open the
drapes. all my fault, Jim.
AJ yeah. there are several ways people have been getting around this..
I think, though, this looks better than most, and as good as any.
tony.. matching that finish would have been a bear for sure! I like
it. I'm starting a matching truss rod cover, today.
Keef! I used what I had man. You know the drill.*G* But I'll keep
that in mind for future builds.
TWANG
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