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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 .
1958 saw the introduction of Gibson's new thinline series of guitars. The ES-335, 345 and 355, all came with a semi-hollow body: the wood of the top and back was maple and there was a maple center block inside the guitars which ran the length of the body all the way to the mahogany neck, with a rosewood fingerboard.
ES-Les Paul (2014-2016) Mash up of Les Paul and ES-335 [16] Les Paul Signature (c. 1972 –c. 1975) [17] Midtown (2011–2016) Smaller chambered body with f-holes that came in five variants: [18] Standard with dot inlays and BurstBucker humbuckers, as well as optional Bigsby vibrato [19] Standard P-90 with trapezoid inlays and P-90 pickups [20]
The Gibson ES-335 is a semi-hollow body semi-acoustic guitar introduced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES (Electric Spanish) series in 1958.It has a solid maple wood block running through the center of its body with hollow upper bouts and two violin-style f-holes cut into the top over the hollow chambers. [1]
Many of the early versions of the guitar came with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. In 1960 Gibson offered a sideways vibrola option. The rarest version are the versions with the Stoptail bridge. [1] The top and back of the guitar is a laminate of maple and poplar, with a solid maple center block running from the neck to the bottom rim of the guitar.
Bigsby is a brand of guitars and guitar accessories that operated as an independent company by Paul Bigsby until 1966 when it was purchased by ex-Gibson executive Ted McCarty. In 1999, the brand was acquired by Gretsch from McCarty, which owned it until 2019, when Bigsby was sold to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation .
The Faded Doublecut has its origin in the Les Paul Special Doublecut, which is an all-mahogany flat-top guitar with P-90 pickups first produced from 1958–1960. The "Faded" model is called such because the nitrocellulose finish is not thick and glossy like the original vintage examples or Custom Shop double cut Les Pauls.
Paul Bigsby designed solid-body guitars for Magnatone from 1955–1957. [7] Pioneering blues-rock guitar soloist Lonnie Mack used Magnatone vibrato amps almost exclusively. [8] A Magnatone amp was also the basis of the signature guitar sound of Robert Ward.