Members Marko Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 One of my bandmates (drummer, percussionist, but plays rhythm guitar on a lot of songs) got an Epiphone WildKat, and he said that he read a lot of comments that they don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Yeah, that {censored} is dang straight. I have one and it's the worst Bigsby guitar I have for staying in tune. I tried an over wrap, as Dan Erlewine suggested in one of his write-ups, but I thought that was totally daft because then the strings didn't have enough downward pressure to keep the strings secure in their saddles. But I did find a graph tech "ResoMax" saddle (and nut kit) designed to cure these ills of the WildKat. I wish I could tell you how well it works, but I'm often better at "procurement" than I am at "labor" I wasted some of my life trying to find you a link to this product (I think I have the actual product in storage with the WK right now) but if you don't find it on your own, I'll go back into the fray to find you more references on that product. Man, Dan Erlewine is the man to me, but I don't know WTF he was suggesting with over wrapping the Bigsby tension bar. That trick fails in so many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted October 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Thanks so much. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IBDBB Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 i put a wilkinson roller bridge on mine, which seemed to help a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Compton bridge and a properly cut and lined nut will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Are the strings properly wrapped on the tuning pegs so as to help "lock" them and minimize slippage at that end? Might check that. Also, the tuners can be tightened w/a screwdriver by turning the very small screw that holds each button/machine head on. That can make a tremendous difference, and it always amazes me how few people seem to ever even try that. I've been meaning to get a roller bridge for mine, to stabilize use of the Bigsby. But if I don't use the Bigsby, I have no probs at all w/tuning stability. And I hit a guitar pretty dang hard onstage. Or ouutside on the sidewalk, for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Poorly cut nut is the answer. Get the nut fixed right first and then get Compton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 26, 2012 Members Share Posted October 26, 2012 One of my bandmates (drummer, percussionist, but plays rhythm guitar on a lot of songs) got an Epiphone WildKat, and he said that he read a lot of comments that they don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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