Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The L was a "Luxus" (luxury) version. On the L, the regular Quickly pressed steel frame was given attachment points for a swingarm and a unit encompassing the rear fender and spring/damper units for the rear suspension. Leg shields were optional on the L. 86,380 Quickly L mopeds were manufactured from 1956 to 1961. [3] [9]
The only previously successful "tremolo arm" was the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, often simply called a "Bigsby". In 1958, Fender reinforced his usage with the "Fender floating tremolo" on the Jazzmaster and some subsequent guitars. The "synchronised tremolo" became the most copied of these three basic patterns of "tremolo arm", although both of ...
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 .
After the Bigsby, the next major development was Leo Fender's synchronized tremolo, the device that introduced the term tremolo arm (U.S. patent 2,741,146 filed in 1954, issued in 1956). [22] First released in 1954 on Fender 's Stratocaster , the simple but effective design offers a greater range of pitch change than the Bigsby, and a better ...
Bigsby built guitars incorporating his design for the foremost steel players of the day, including Speedy West, Noel Boggs, and Bud Isaacs, but Bigsby was a one-man operation working out of his garage at age 56, and not capable of keeping up with demand. [19] One of Bigsby's first guitars was used on "Candy Kisses" in 1949 by Eddie Kirk. [22]
Durability. For me, when I think of Lands' End, I always think "forever" because, as a kid, my mom would always buy me a Lands' End coat a couple sizes too big so I could get at least a few years ...
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 .
Is the Heisman race a formality with three weeks to go before the voting closes? Colorado’s Travis Hunter had a fantastic day on Saturday as the No. 17 Buffaloes beat Utah at home.