Bigsby - Gibson SG - Towner USA Parts Mod!

[@TownerGuitarParts]

thank you eric for the very well done video and thank you for noting all the details of the Towner B3 kit. best review yet!!

[@EJBGuitar]

Thanks! Appreciate that and you. I’ll be back for more!!

[@matthewtorossi8909]

oh and i love the britney fox in the beginning!😀

[@pejoarda772]

Yeah thats definitely a nice looking setup you got going glad you're digging it ,guitar looks mint

[@matthewtorossi8909]

great video. im sold. was looking for something like my 64 firebird, and i think this is it. your video format is excellent. glad i found you. cheers!

[@EJBGuitar]

Thank you so much…appreciate it!

[@trepaniermathieu]

Hi! Nice guitar I love the looks. If you don’t really use the tremolo arm, how is tuning stability? I consider doing the same thing for mine but just to correct neck dive and for the looks. Felt the same with the vibrola.

[@EJBGuitar]

For the way I use the Bigsby, the tuning is fine…I just use it for some light “shimmery” type vibrato! If you don’t use it at all then obviously the tuning stability is great! 😉 The only trem I will really go nuts with is one of my locking Floyd Rose trems.

[@trepaniermathieu]

Thanks! Did it help to put some weight on the body? Have you noticed a difference for neck dive?

[@trepaniermathieu]

Against the stop bar* I have the same guitar as you

[@EJBGuitar]

@trepaniermathieu Mine didn’t have neck dive to begin with, but the weight difference (at least to me) wasn’t very much…the Bigsby itself doesn’t weight all that much and the Towner stuff is VERY lightweight. (I think I mentioned the weights of each part in the video if I remember correctly). If you do have some neck dive, it can only help though right?!?

[@trepaniermathieu]

You are right. Thanks for your input and video! Cheers 🍻

[@Retropug1]

The bigsby looks great! How’s the tuning stability when you use it?

[@EJBGuitar]

Pretty dang good! It’s not like a Floyd Rose obviously, but I’m finding it to be plenty useful. I like it so much that I just put the same setup on my Pelham Blue SG. Properly cut nut, stretching new strings, and a little Big Bends Nut Sauce helps a ton…but the nut slots are the most crucial. All that said, I don’t use tremolo bars (vibrato bars?!?) a ton, so I may not be the best “test user” for a Bigsby, but like I said I find it to be great. The Towner tension bar helps a ton because you can dial in just the right amount of pressure over the bridge…that surely has something to do with the tuning stability that I am seeing.

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

Am I missing something here? I’ve just watched a video about putting a Bigsby on an SG - you talked about it all the way through and you played the SG all the way through without *once* ever actually *using* the Bigsby? Did you put it on for looks or to counteract neck dive? Both valid reasons.

[@EJBGuitar]

Nah, I’m not a huge trem user…little subtle stuff. I don’t do like rockabilly on a Bigsby! This is a video to basically just highlight the Towner parts and what it would look like using those parts. Luckily none of my SGs have neckdive (I look for that when shopping for them) so I didn’t do it for that…though that could surely help for any that do have it. I don’t deny that I think they look cool as hell though so looks definitely played a part in it. Sorry you came looking for a bunch of Bigsby dive bomb action!

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

@@EJBGuitar Lol not dive bomb action, just some action 😊 All good

[@brandonsullivan8908]

Thanks for the review! Why did you go B3 over B6?

[@EJBGuitar]

Proper length to work on the SG body.

[@misterquads]

What is the point of this video! I expected to see the Bigsby demoed.

[@EJBGuitar]

Just to show the Towner parts I used and how easy it is to install. Sorry it didn’t meet your expectations.