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  2. Bigsby Electric Guitars - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Vibrato systems for guitar - Wikipedia

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    A bridge set to 'float' off the guitar lets the guitarist raise the pitch until the bridge presses against the body. Pitch bends are accomplished by pulling up or down on an arm screwed into the tailpiece block, usually free to swing. The Fender synchronized tremolo is the most widely copied vibrato system. The original design is still in ...

  4. Paul Bigsby - Wikipedia

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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 .

  5. Palm pedal - Wikipedia

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    The palm pedal was invented by Boomer Castleman, an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, who designed the prototype in 1968. [1] Bigsby was the manufacturer of this product in the early 1970s. Pro Palm Pedals, a company in Nashville, manufactured palm pedals from 2009 to 2016, when owner Kenny Clark, closed the business, to pursue his ...

  6. 57 Hanukkah Recipes For Your Best Holiday Meal Yet

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    As the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah, is fast approaching (December 25, 2024 to January 2, 2025), we’re looking forward to playing dreidel (and winning gelt!), lighting the menorah with ...

  7. Big 12 fines Arizona State $25,000 for premature field storm ...

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    Arizona State has been fined for the chaotic end to its win over BYU on Saturday. The Big 12 said Tuesday that it was fining the school $25,000 and issuing a public reprimand for the field storm ...

  8. Jim Gaffigan on adjusting to the painful new reality: "How ...

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    And I'm an adult. I have children that are counting on me. I mean, they don't listen to me, but I can't just curl up in a ball and mope. Sometimes I'm embarrassed how detached I feel about it.

  9. Bigsby vibrato tailpiece - Wikipedia

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    Bigsby was inspired to create a new vibrato system after being tasked by Merle Travis to repair the Kauffman Vibrola on his Gibson L-10. [2] The Bigsby system would debut in 1951, [2] with the first example going to Travis. [3] By the mid-1950s, Bigsby had ceased production of his own guitars and began only producing a range of vibrato ...