secret101 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) Hi I recently bought an Epiphone firebird, and so far the guitar has been great to me. She stays in tune and plays like a beast but my only problem is that is does not have a tremelo/tailpiece with it standard. Is there any sort of Bigsby or other tremelo system or tailpiece that I can buy? The only one that I can find are vintage parts on E-bay for alot of money. Finished product hopefully? My Epiphone Firebird right now Edited May 9, 2009 by secret101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 If the TOM bridge is of standard height you can add a Bigsby B5 (IIRC) without much problems. You will have the issues of visible holes but if you can live with that it should really be no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secret101 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 If the TOM bridge is of standard height you can add a Bigsby B5 (IIRC) without much problems. You will have the issues of visible holes but if you can live with that it should really be no problem. Will it end up looking like this by any chance? http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile...779_image_0.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Sure could, although I'd place the trem unit a fair bit closer to the bridge - in my experience having the bridge that far back reduces the break angle of the strings enough that you tend to get ringing from behind the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Sure could, although I'd place the trem unit a fair bit closer to the bridge - in my experience having the bridge that far back reduces the break angle of the strings enough that you tend to get ringing from behind the bridge. Plus, how are you supposed to use the trem while playing when it's that far back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secret101 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Is there any where that I can just buy the tremelo system that the gibson firebird comes with like this? http://philbrodieband.com/1964GibsonFirebird01vb.jpg or this http://www.chrisguitars.com/gib03firebird-vii-nat.jpg But the only ones that I can find are all vintage parts on ebay for ALOT of money! Is there anywhere else that has these parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I haven't seen it for sale individually, but I will say having used one, that it's an abysmal unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I haven't used that unit, but it doesn't LOOK like it'd be that great. Clearly it's a vibrato, not a tremolo. If you're looking for a vibrato, you really don't need to look any further than Bigsby. Sweed had it right that it's a B5, and Pierce & anderekel are right that you'd want it MUCH closer to the bridge. As for the visible holes, you could (and should) plug them. With the unit closer to the bridge, you'd want to place it directly over the holes so they'd be almost completely covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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