Can you use 008 gauge with a Bigsby tremolo?

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:08 pm

ekwatts wrote: Don't go all Ritchie Blackmore on them or you're gonna have a bad time, k?

My old guitar player pulled up too hard on his once and the spring shot out and hit the guitar tech. (who also pierced his lip with a drum stand and had a girl fall out of the balcony and on top of him at one of our shows.)

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:12 am

ekwatts wrote:I'd say bigsbys are about on a par with the Jag trem. Never really had much experience with Mustang trems, to be quite honest. But yeah, bigsbys and other similar trems are for light wobbles. That's it. Don't go all Ritchie Blackmore on them or you're gonna have a bad time, k?

bigsbys are garbage compared to jag trems

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:15 pm

George wrote:
ekwatts wrote:I'd say bigsbys are about on a par with the Jag trem. Never really had much experience with Mustang trems, to be quite honest. But yeah, bigsbys and other similar trems are for light wobbles. That's it. Don't go all Ritchie Blackmore on them or you're gonna have a bad time, k?
bigsbys are garbage compared to jag trems

Used both, can't see much difference in actual effect or operation. But I don't use them all that much, either. I kinda just like being able to when I want to, probably because I've almost always had trems on all guitars I've owned.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:00 pm

Tommy Iommi must be a huge pussy since he plays with 8's. No wonder his guitar tone is so weak.

awfurby · Post by **awfurby** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:28 am

plopswagon wrote:My old guitar player pulled up too hard on his once and the spring shot out and hit the guitar tech. (who also pierced his lip with a drum stand and had a girl fall out of the balcony and on top of him at one of our shows.)

What, all at the same time? That sounds incredible!

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:14 am

71Smallbox wrote:Tommy Iommi must be a huge pussy since he plays with 8's. No wonder his guitar tone is so weak.

He doesn't have any fingers. I think he has a valid medical reason for using 8s.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:36 am

awfurby wrote:
plopswagon wrote:My old guitar player pulled up too hard on his once and the spring shot out and hit the guitar tech. (who also pierced his lip with a drum stand and had a girl fall out of the balcony and on top of him at one of our shows.)
What, all at the same time? That sounds incredible!

Yeah, I might be interested in going to see bands again if that sort of stuff happened.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:16 pm

ekwatts wrote:
71Smallbox wrote:Tommy Iommi must be a huge pussy since he plays with 8's. No wonder his guitar tone is so weak.
He doesn't have any fingers. I think he has a valid medical reason for using 8s.

And his tone is thin and weak.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:05 pm

BobArsecake wrote:
awfurby wrote:
plopswagon wrote:My old guitar player pulled up too hard on his once and the spring shot out and hit the guitar tech. (who also pierced his lip with a drum stand and had a girl fall out of the balcony and on top of him at one of our shows.)
What, all at the same time? That sounds incredible!
Yeah, I might be interested in going to see bands again if that sort of stuff happened.

Alas, this was probably over a period of a couple of years.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:03 pm

This thread was brilliant.

Many thanks guys!