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Bigsby Vibrato Machines
Bigsbys are the ultimate in vintage cool. Premium gear for premium guitars...cold, solid cast aluminum...used by Paul McCartney,
John Lennon, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Joe Perry, Ritchie Blackmore and Brian Setzer.
Bigsby machines are a TRUE VIBRATO. The only TRUE VIBRATO is to change the tone above and below the normal pitch. Made
entirely in the USA, Bigsby's are the only Vibrato Machines to grace Flat Earth Guitars. Make your purchase online and Flat Earth
pays shipping in the continental USA!
A brief history of Paul Bigsby:
"I can build anything."
With that statement, Mr. Paul Bigsby switched from building Crocker motorcycles to making musical instruments.
In the 1940s, Paul Adelburt Bigsby was a skilled foreman at a machine shop in Los Angeles owned by Albert Crocker of the
famous Crocker Motorcycle Company. Paul's interest in motorcycles and Western music brought him into contact with Merle Travis.
As they both were avid motorcyclists and music lovers, Paul and Merle became good friends.
During this same time, Merle brought his Gibson L-10 guitar to P.A., as Bigsby was called, with a worn out Kaufman vibrato that
wouldn't stay in tune. "Can you fix this for me?" asked Merle. "I can fix anything" said Paul. But seeing the shortcomings of the
Kaufman vibrato and at Merle's suggestion, he ended up designing a whole new mechanism which worked perfectly. This device
set the standard and became the vibrato of choice for most guitar manufacturers the world over and remains so today.
Bigsbys are the ultimate in vintage cool. Premium gear for premium guitars...cold, solid cast aluminum...used by Paul McCartney,
John Lennon, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler, Joe Perry, Ritchie Blackmore and Brian Setzer.
Bigsby machines are a TRUE VIBRATO. The only TRUE VIBRATO is to change the tone above and below the normal pitch. Made
entirely in the USA, Bigsby's are the only Vibrato Machines to grace Flat Earth Guitars. Make your purchase online and Flat Earth
pays shipping in the continental USA!
A brief history of Paul Bigsby:
"I can build anything."
With that statement, Mr. Paul Bigsby switched from building Crocker motorcycles to making musical instruments.
In the 1940s, Paul Adelburt Bigsby was a skilled foreman at a machine shop in Los Angeles owned by Albert Crocker of the
famous Crocker Motorcycle Company. Paul's interest in motorcycles and Western music brought him into contact with Merle Travis.
As they both were avid motorcyclists and music lovers, Paul and Merle became good friends.
During this same time, Merle brought his Gibson L-10 guitar to P.A., as Bigsby was called, with a worn out Kaufman vibrato that
wouldn't stay in tune. "Can you fix this for me?" asked Merle. "I can fix anything" said Paul. But seeing the shortcomings of the
Kaufman vibrato and at Merle's suggestion, he ended up designing a whole new mechanism which worked perfectly. This device
set the standard and became the vibrato of choice for most guitar manufacturers the world over and remains so today.
BIGSBY B5 VIBRATO-ALUMINUM
Code: Bigsby B5 Aluminum
Price: $135.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy and Conspiracy Guitars, Gibson Les
Paul, and most Fender Guitars.
BIGSBY B5 VIBRATO GOLD
Code: Bigsby B5 Gold
Price: $220.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy and Conspiracy Guitars, Gibson Les
Paul, and most Fender Guitars. Expensive...and worth it.
Plated in lustrous gold.
Code: Bigsby B5 Aluminum
Price: $135.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy and Conspiracy Guitars, Gibson Les
Paul, and most Fender Guitars.
BIGSBY B5 VIBRATO GOLD
Code: Bigsby B5 Gold
Price: $220.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy and Conspiracy Guitars, Gibson Les
Paul, and most Fender Guitars. Expensive...and worth it.
Plated in lustrous gold.
BIGSBY B7 VIBRATO-ALUMINUM
Code: Bigsby B7 Aluminum
Price: $150.00
A true vibrato machine for archtop guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy Guitars, Gibson Les Paul, and most
Fender Guitars.
BIGSBY B7 VIBRATO GOLD
Code: Bigsby B7 Gold
Price: $230.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy Guitars, Gibson Les Paul, and most
Fender Guitars. Expensive...and worth it. Plated in lustrous
gold.
Code: Bigsby B7 Aluminum
Price: $150.00
A true vibrato machine for archtop guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy Guitars, Gibson Les Paul, and most
Fender Guitars.
BIGSBY B7 VIBRATO GOLD
Code: Bigsby B7 Gold
Price: $230.00
A true vibrato machine for solid body guitars. Perfect for use
on Flat Earth Heresy Guitars, Gibson Les Paul, and most
Fender Guitars. Expensive...and worth it. Plated in lustrous
gold.
