Better With A Bigsby? Gibson ES-345 Before-And-After Sounds & Fitting Process скачать в хорошем качестве

Better With A Bigsby? Gibson ES-345 Before-And-After Sounds & Fitting Process

Will the Bigsby change Mick's beloved 1965 ES-345 for the better or worse? Welcome to the show. I bought this wonderful guitar in January 2024, completely taken in by its charm and cool-old-guitar vibe. It’s also fantastic to play and has a really compelling core, unplugged tone. Some of the plugged-in tones were also really fantastic… and some much less so, courtesy of the original stereo Varitone electronics that - to my ears anyway - sucked most of the life out of this potentially fantastic instrument. It also made it extremely hard to use live. So I removed the stereo Varitone, leaving the original early Patent Number humbuckers free to sing.(Standard four-pot Gibson ’50s wiring.) And sing they do! That video is here:    • Rewire A 1965 Gibson ES-345 TDSV? [Of Cour...   But, from the very first day I clapped eyes on it, it was just crying out for a Bigsby. It’s a period-correct option for the guitar, but the standard factory fitment was the trapeze tailpiece. Nothing wrong with the trapeze per se, but, well… it has to have a Bigsby, as I discuss in the video. Does it change the sound? Can I fit it without messing it up? Let’s find out… Massive thanks to Gerhard Schwarz of https://www.schwarz-custom.de/ for sourcing the old Bigsby for me, and for his invaluable advice on fitting it. Enjoy the show! GET YOUR COGS OFF: In your YouTube ‘cog’ settings options, there is a ‘stable volume’ option. If you want the audio to be the closest to what we recorded, turn ‘stable volume’ OFF. Interesting bits and go to sections… 0:00 Welcome & background 1:12 Noel Gallagher & Johnny Marr! 2:08 Why not the trapeze tailpiece? 4:00 Scared to do this? 6:44 The fitting process begins! 8:12 Nylon saddles aside 9:38 Strings and trapeze off 12:23 Endpin and endcrews 15:54 Attaching strings for alignment 20:00 Drilling time! 22:15 Original Bigsby? 22:48 Essential tip on fitting 24:57 Why not a Vibramate? 25:20 What about springs? 26:40 It’s on and strung! But is it straight? 28:26 A/B Sounds Before & After Bigsby 37:55 Thoughts so far? 38:28 Thoughts a couple of weeks later 40:27 But what about the Bigsby action?! 41:22 Tuning stability? 43:03 Different spring thoughts 43:45 A few more sounds, full rig 48:28 New spring time! 52:40 Final thoughts Pedals & stuff in today’s show • Kingsley Juggler Mk3 • Mythos Argo Boost Deluxe • Kingsley Alexander • Crazy Tube Circuits Venus • Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall RKM • JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk Mk 2 • Chase Bliss Audio CXM 1978 Reverb • TheGigRig G3 Amps in today’s show • Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature (100w) • Two-Rock TS1 (50w) • Two-Rock 1x15 cab with TR15 speaker • 2 x Two-Rock 2x12 cabs with TR1265B speakers If you use these links to buy stuff - any stuff – we receive a small cut. UK & Europe: Andertons Music - https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z USA: Sweetwater - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5g6ALN Australia: Pedal Empire - http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creatives   / thatpedalshow   Please visit our preferred retailers! UK & Europe: Andertons Music https://bit.ly/3zaTX5Z Australia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf