Darryl Hattenhauer
Venerated Member
tele4tone mentioned in another thread that the standard rocking aluminum bigsby bridge really changes the tone. He and I must have a similar ear (I hope his isn't as big as mine). I'm a bigsby fan. Along with single-coils, they are the latest technological improvement to a geezer like me. For my bigsbys, I've tried every bridge there is. Bridges of all types. Except Lloyd.
A bridge with a wood base sounds way different to me. Also bigsby with a fixed bridge sounds different. When I'm playing, I prefer fixed bridge for rock, aluminum for rockabilly and CW, wood for jazz, and anything at all for blues. I can't play a bigsby with a melita.
However, I don't think I could hear any difference on recordings by real players.
A bridge with a wood base sounds way different to me. Also bigsby with a fixed bridge sounds different. When I'm playing, I prefer fixed bridge for rock, aluminum for rockabilly and CW, wood for jazz, and anything at all for blues. I can't play a bigsby with a melita.
However, I don't think I could hear any difference on recordings by real players.