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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Well, if you think that's cool, check this out:
    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/4784473825.html

    Not the same one discussed in the TDPRI thread (that one had only 2 pickups on the guitar side). Evidently this Fred Stuart personage is one potential source of 5-pole Bigsby pickups.
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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Well, if you think that's cool, check this out:
    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/4784473825.html

    Not the same one discussed in the TDPRI thread (that one had only 2 pickups on the guitar side). Evidently this Fred Stuart personage is one potential source of 5-pole Bigsby pickups.


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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Well, if you think that's cool, check this out:
    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/4784473825.html

    Not the same one discussed in the TDPRI thread (that one had only 2 pickups on the guitar side). Evidently this Fred Stuart personage is one potential source of 5-pole Bigsby pickups.
    Wow...
    What was that, like 10-12K out the door originally??

    Gotta be a market for good Tiny copies...
    ...and relatively easy to make.

    I think those Fred Stuart pups are pushing 350-400 bucks or so, no?

    ...and didn't someone buy the Bigsby name??

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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    What about a joint venture, Bruce? If I bought you a dozen of those pickups...
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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    I had Joel Eckhaus' "Bigsboyd" prototype for a few months; the previous owner had put some Seymour Duncans on it. (Forget what the originals were, but they weren't Bigsby-types.)
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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    What about a joint venture, Bruce? If I bought you a dozen of those pickups...
    I'm not the woodworking guy for that project, Martin...
    (That build would be a snap for a CNC'd up shop, and I'm not...)

    But I'd sure get involved with making them look old...
    The antiqueing on those would be a blast...
    And one could also offer to put the owner's name on the pickguard instead of Tiny's--just like PB did...

    Would be nice to get detailed drawings of that instrument, and I'm pretty sure that is doable...

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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Well, Larry Wexer still has that '53 5-string, methinks.
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    Default Re: 1951 Bigsby 10-String Mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by Spruce View Post
    I'm not the woodworking guy for that project, Martin...
    (That build would be a snap for a CNC'd up shop, and I'm not...)
    But neither was Bigsby! :0

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