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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 .
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.
Bigsby B50 Tremolo Hardware. The Bigsby vibrato tailpiece (or Bigsby for short) is a type of mechanical vibrato device for electric guitar designed by Paul Bigsby and produced by the Bigsby Electric Guitar Company [citation needed] (currently an independently operated subsidiary of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation).
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.
The first commercially successful vibrato system for guitar was the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, often just called a Bigsby, invented by Paul Bigsby (US Patent D169120 filed in 1952, issued in 1953). [18]
Paul Bigsby (1899–1968), American guitar maker, inventor and motorcycle racer/mechanic Bigsby Electric Guitars, a company named after Paul Bigsby; Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, a vibrato device for electric guitars invented by Paul Bigsby; Robert Bigsby (1806–73), English antiquarian and author; Tank Bigsby (born 2001), American football player
His design for a solid body electric guitar, built for him by Paul Bigsby with a single row of tuners, is thought to have inspired his longtime pal Leo Fender's design of the famous Broadcaster in 1950. [1] The Travis-Bigsby guitar now resides in the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville.
In 1952, Bob Crooks was approached by inventor-musician Paul Bigsby, who advanced the engineer 75 dollars to build him a custom amplifier to go with the then famous Bigsby solid-bodied electric guitars and pedal steel guitars. It was the first Standel branded amplifier.