Is this the longest wangbar ever?

[Guildedagain]

Browsing Craigs, not looking for pics of feet ;], and I run into this unusual Lyle, not the best of the vintage Japan electrics, and dang if this awful looking guitar doesn't have the silliest longest whammy bar I've ever seen on a guitar.

Short scale guitar on a full sized body?

I really need to write that book about Vibrato/Tremolos ;] Like how the h&ll does this thing work?

 

[F312]

Doubles as a gear shift on the column.

 

[Rambozo96]

I think these were Gibson scale. The bar connects at the very end of the bridge so it probably had to be that long to be effective.

 

[SFIV1967]

Here's a guy who thought his bigsby arm is too short:




Ralf

 

[Rambozo96]

And as you said this ain’t exactly the pinnacle of MIJ manufacturing. About 10 years later in the late 70’s is when you started seeing heavy hitters.

 

[F312]

Here's a guy who thought his bigsby arm is too short:



Ralf

That's a heaping tablespoon.

 

[SFIV1967]

And a video of such extra long arm like you showed:




Ralf

 

[Guildedagain]

Wow Ralf, your Google Fu is showing.

I see, it stores energy and works by itself. Clever beyond belief, and doubles as a radio antenna ;]

 

[walrus]

And a video of such extra long arm like you showed:




Ralf

That "bat" pickguard is perfect for the "spooky" sound of the guitar!

walrus

 

[jp]

I actually had a guitar with a wang bar to rival that one. I traded the horrible Hondo II Les Paul Custom copy my dad bought my brother and me for a mid-60s EKO 290 Barracuda. It was a great playing guitar, and I did a lot of early learning on that one. Mine was just like the red sunburst one below. I traded it to a friend for a B.K. Butler Tube Driver and never looked back until years later. <sigh>




Coincidentally, I just saw a Lyle like the one you posted in a shop here in town about 8 months ago. My heart skipped a beat because I thought it was an Eko.

 

[Rambozo96]

I actually had a guitar with a wang bar to rival that one. I traded the horrible Hondo II Les Paul Custom copy my dad bought my brother and me for a mid-60s EKO 290 Barracuda. It was a great playing guitar, and I did a lot of early learning on that one. Mine was just like the red sunburst one below. I traded it to a friend for a B.K. Butler Tube Driver and never looked back until years later. <sigh>




Coincidentally, I just saw a Lyle like the one you posted in a shop here in town about 8 months ago. My heart skipped a beat because I thought it was an Eko.

If you’re patient you can score one of those EKO’s for cheap.

 

[Guildedagain]

The Eko looks like a good progression from the Hagstrom, into the weirder. Maybe Guilds were just a gateway drug for me?

 

[hansmoust]

........ and dang if this awful looking guitar doesn't have the silliest longest whammy bar I've ever seen on a guitar.

Hard to say without seeing them next to each other, but this one comes pretty close!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[SFIV1967]

Ah! I think we discussed that Merle Travis whammy bar before, here on another of his guitars, so he was holding it with his pinky.



Also other guitar builders copied the system:



Ralf

 

[F312]

This one doubles as a bottle opener.

 

[adorshki]

The Eko looks like a good progression from the Hagstrom, into the weirder. Maybe Guilds were just a gateway drug for me?

I think being born was the gateway drug, for you.