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Bigsby double-neck guitar (1956) The company was founded as "Bigsby Electric Guitar Company" [citation needed] by Paul Bigsby, a motorcycle repairman. Bigsby was friends with several musicians, including Merle Travis and Spade Cooley. He started repairing guitars on the side, and gained a reputation for his innovative modifications.
1956 in California (6 C, 7 P) 1957 in California (6 C, 5 P) ... Pages in category "1950s in California" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
John Jeremiah Bigsby (1792-1881), English physician and geologist Bigsby Medal, a medal of the Geological Society of London established by John Jeremiah Bigsby, awarded for the study of American geology; Paul Bigsby (1899–1968), American guitar maker, inventor and motorcycle racer/mechanic Bigsby Electric Guitars, a company named after Paul ...
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Paul Adelburt Bigsby (1899–1968) [1] [2] was an American inventor, designer, and pioneer of the solid body electric guitar. Bigsby is best known for designing the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece (also mislabeled as a tremolo arm ) and proprietor of Bigsby Electric Guitars .
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In the 1960s and 1970s, they manufactured the "Powell Challenger" trail bikes. The company originally began operations in 1926, and manufactured radios, then moving on to build approximately 1,200 pickup trucks, 300 station wagons, and three motor homes, [ 5 ] and tens of thousands of scooters and trail bikes.