Howdy guys,
Just chasing suggestions to improve the tuning stability on my Gretsch. Love the bigsby, but it can put the old girl out. Not good at the start of a set!
Should I change from a pivoting bridge to a roller bridge, or just upgrade the pivoting bridge with a better built one? At the moment it's got the 'spring loaded' type :(
The bridge is mounted straight to the body on pins (tune-o-matic style), it's not floating.
Machine heads seem reasonable quality & I have abount 4 rounds of wire around them (been told that too much will decrease stability with trems). Any advice appreciated -
Cheers!
PS. it doesn't have a zero frett & it's been set-up including being compensated at the nut.
"Who says you can't 'dive bomb' a bigsby?!"
I like this question, as I have a Bigsby for which I have been waiting to find the right guitar.
It is a small world for metal fanatics. I welcome you fellow musicians, especially the metalheads!
Yeah, I know trems can be hard to keep stable, but just trying to get best I can. I normally tune it, then dive bomb it, then re tune before getting underway. I think this helps as everything is ready for that motion & there's not such a big slip. I suspect the bridge, because that's what my luthier suggested, but also it's usually the G string that goes out the worst, so mabe it's saddle is poo...?
"Who says you can't 'dive bomb' a bigsby?!"
