Hi guys!. Is my 335 sporting the wrong bisby??.As the arm seem to very short. It was already installed when i bought it in 1992.And now im wondering if it was factory installed or done by a previous owner.
comments anyone?
wrong bysby on period es 335??
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Aug 10, 2008 3:52 a.m. lizardville:
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Aug 10, 2008 9:57 p.m. Timthom62:
Indeed. That looks to be the short-bodied B-3 style Bigsby that would be more appropriate on a Duo Jet or Les Paul, rather than the longer-bodied B-6.
A B-6 on this guitar should put the handle in just the right place, or a 9.5 inch handle would accomplish about the same thing.
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Aug 11, 2008 3:57 a.m. lizardville:
HI, thanks for the info.After visiting the bisgby page and do a search for the models recomended for a 335 it shows that the better option is the b7. Is the tension bar the only difference between these 2 models???.
http://www.bigsbyguitars.com/gibson_es335.html
Ta!
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Aug 11, 2008 4:14 a.m. bobbyrivera:
Basically, yeah. The B70 is just the "import" version of the B7. The B12 just has the cutout (which I think looks cooler than the b7 IMO).
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Aug 11, 2008 5:11 a.m. Timthom62:
With the long distance between the Bigsby and the bridge on a 335, it's easy to understand why Bigsby would recommend a tension bar model like the B-7.
Like bobbyrivera, I actually prefer the look of the B-12 to the B-7. Either way, if you decide to change it out, you might want to consider a tension bar version.
(By the way, I don't think I'd try the 9.5 inch handle that I mentioned earlier as the handle would really stick out and would be hard to use for some.)
