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Question: Can you tell me about Bigsby!?
A few things I'd like to know!.!.

-How much do they cost individually!? I want to add one to my Epiphone Les Paul Special Series 2 (http://images!.guitarcenter!.com/products/!.!.!.

-What exactly is a vibrato!? What do they do!.!.!?

-What brand of vibrato is this (http://i!.realone!.com/assets/rn/img/9/6/8!.!.!.


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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Hi

The first link has no vibrato!. The second link is a Bixby!. I worked 17 years in the music industry making guitars LOL!.!. Bixby are usually made for Gibsons because of the thinner body and not supporting a deep enough cavity to install a Floyd Rose !.
What a vibrato (tremolo, whammy bar) does is to raise and lower the pitch of a note by 2 tones approx!. If you use an up and down motion quickly, it will vibrate the frequency of that note!.

A bixby is roughly $90 plus another 75 for installation!. Make sure the person doing it knows his stuff well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com