Lily I need your help please.

[jim in texas]

Can you send an image of the Lily'burst?

I need to be able to print it so I can show my tech what I want.

 

[Lily]

Sure, Jim , go to my photo album and pick the ones you want. Also, if you have Dan Erlewine's new book, it's there...

Are you thinking of installing the B5 Bigsby? Are you doing a fret or nut job? Tell me what you are doing so I can send appropriate stuff for you...

Here's the link to my site...(scroll down the left frame to look at the available photos...


Lilyburst Photo Gallery

 

[jim in texas]

The Lily'burst is a work of art. I'm a bigsby man to the core.

The guitar I'm going to mod is a '96 Studio w/P90 pups. Since I gig with this guitar I don't worry if it gets stolen or a drunk knocks it off it's stand. I learned a long time ago to take cheap guitars to work.

I'm thinking about a B3 over the B5 because I don't want to drill the top. The B3 was used on the Gretsch Duo Jet and the string angle looks close to yours. My Guild has a Schaller roller bridge and it works great. I'll probably swith the TOM for a roller.

I've put sperzel locking tuners and a delrin nut on the guitar. The lockers make a bigsby re-string a two minute drill plus tuning is a snap.

The frets were like speed bumps from the factory.
You could make bends like a mad man but chords were a real pain to keep in tune. I knocked them down to .036 and it plays great.

If this project works like I think it will then
I'll get me a flamey thing and make a Lily'burst but that guitar won't go out of the house.

 

[Lily]

"make a Lilyburst" hee hee That's cool...

Keep me posted on this project Jim - actually on both projects. :dude

I'm interested to see how you like that Bigsby setup you've decided on...it sounds like you've thought it out well...

I think you should be able to print any photos right off the Picturetrail site, no?

 

[jim in texas]

Madame....I'm a printing fool.

Thanks