Members spacequixote Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Sold one a month ago.The worst guitar i've ever had. Except Fender Lite Ash tele. Care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Scottie C Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Please. Leave it there. I don't want it. My ribs already hurt just looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted August 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I believe that's closer to Epis original headstock logo? They used it a lot in the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 29, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2012 Care to elaborate? I wouldn't take much notice of anything that guys says, rarely has anything useful to contribute, mainly talks out of his arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blazingblake Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Leave off the Bigsby and I will take one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I believe that's closer to Epis original headstock logo? Correct.That is more of their vintage headstock logo. What's old is new again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chumer Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 I have the blondie, and after the guitar shop tech fiddled with a fret or two and other modest adjustments (for free!) I feel it's a great value and plays very well, however the tone/volume circuits excessively load the pickups providing too much low-pass filtering. Since I never use volume and tone controls on guitars (prefer volume pedal, muting, pick attack, etc) I may just bypass all the volume and tone controls which should unload the P90's significantly thus allowing the higher frequencies to not be shunted to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spacequixote Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 How difficult would it be to replace the bigsby with a trapeze tailpiece? How noticeable would the screw holes be, and would it be reversible? If I decide to leave the bigsby off permanently, how could I go about filling and "hiding" the screw holes? Any comments about doing this to replace the bigsby? Has anyone done this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 ^^ Why not just take the arm off of it and leave it? I do find that mine does throw mine out of tune "big time" (I've bought a graphtec bridge for it which I'll eventually install which should help) but the mass of the Bigsby depends the tone which may or may not be desirable for players. I like the character it adds the guitar, but in its stock condition, I just leave it alone unless I want to retune. P.S. I tried a Dan Erlewine recommended trick of string up over (instead of under) the tension bar to improve the "return to tuning" action, but I thought it was a really dumb idea and just had to restring it back under. With the strings over the top, there wasn't enough downward pressure on the bridge either for keeping the strings in place on the saddles or for good tone. I have no idea how Dan got that to work for him. IMO - new bridge (or saddles), new nut (graphite) and new electronics (at least the p'ups) and then the WK can be a diamond in the rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted August 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 The chrome covered pickups along with the master volume setup does seem like a lot of drag on the pickups. Curious decision on Epi's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spacequixote Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Would changing the master volume (since it seems to be the most easily accessible) pot to a 1Meg Ohm make a noticeable difference? Does anyone know what's in there right now (250k or 500k?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 The chrome covered pickups along with the master volume setup does seem like a lot of drag on the pickups. Curious decision on Epi's part. Let's not compound that with another curious decision... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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