Hi there,
Just signed up after finding this wonderful forum last week. Been playing guitar for almost 26 years. I'm a guitarist in a old school bluesband(westcoast, swing, Chicago) and a big fan of all roots styles, although I do like a lot of modern day bands as well.
I've had a a starfire III reissue in the past, that I sold (stupid, I know), had a butchered up starfire II that I also sold, and I had a x 500 for two days (it had a few issues). Then I was guildless for a long time, but luckily I bought a 71 ce100d a few weeks ago. It's all original and in a prettig good shape and the fullsize humbuckers are sounding great, very clear, bridge even has some twang.
It has a harp tailpiece, so I bought a bigsby b6. Unfortunately, the neck angle is really shallow, so there is almost no breakangle on the bridge. Now I'm thinking of having a b7 installed but I was wondering if it will hurt the top and affect the sound negatively. Any opinions on having a b7 installed on an archtop?
Just signed up after finding this wonderful forum last week. Been playing guitar for almost 26 years. I'm a guitarist in a old school bluesband(westcoast, swing, Chicago) and a big fan of all roots styles, although I do like a lot of modern day bands as well.
I've had a a starfire III reissue in the past, that I sold (stupid, I know), had a butchered up starfire II that I also sold, and I had a x 500 for two days (it had a few issues). Then I was guildless for a long time, but luckily I bought a 71 ce100d a few weeks ago. It's all original and in a prettig good shape and the fullsize humbuckers are sounding great, very clear, bridge even has some twang.
It has a harp tailpiece, so I bought a bigsby b6. Unfortunately, the neck angle is really shallow, so there is almost no breakangle on the bridge. Now I'm thinking of having a b7 installed but I was wondering if it will hurt the top and affect the sound negatively. Any opinions on having a b7 installed on an archtop?