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	BIGSBY® GUITARS & VIBRATOS - OFFICIAL WEBSITE
		Paul's interest in motorcycles and Western music brought him into contact with Merle Travis.
		Because Bigsby's instruments were built on a custom basis, he could not keep up with the orders that poured in, and a waiting list of two or more years followed.
		By 1965, Paul was experiencing some health problems and wanted to sell his company.
	www.bigsbyguitars.com /history.html (667 words)

	Paul Bigsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul A. Bigsby was the designer of the Bigsby tremolo arm and proprietor of Bigsby Guitars.
		This instrument, which Bigsby completed in 1948 likely had an influence on the Telecaster later produced by Leo Fender, as it had all six tuners in a row.
		Bigsby, a motorcycle racer known as "P.A." also built a pedal steel guitar for Speedy West that West used on many of Tennessee Ernie Ford's early recordings as well as records by Travis, Red Ingle, Jean Shepard, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky and Merrill Moore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Bigsby (280 words)

	Vintage Guitar® magazine : Brand Pages
		While Paul Bigsby (1899-1968), Merle Travis, and Leo Fender are no longer with us to tell their stories, it seems more than a bit of coincidence that the Fender Broadcaster solidbody, with six tuners in a line on the peghead, came out soon after Merle got his Bigsby solidbody.
		Bigsby was a guitar builder in the truest sense of the term.
		Paul Bigsby made his own pickups, bridges, and vibrato tailpieces such that virtually the only outsourced components on a Bigsby guitar are the tuners and tone and volume pots.
	www.vintageguitar.com /brands/details.asp?ID=174 (997 words)

	BIGSBY® GUITARS & VIBRATOS - OFFICIAL WEBSITE
		Bigsby has produced a very few, limited edition, prototype guitars using many of the design features and ideas originally crafted by Paul Bigsby.
		Bigsby electric standard guitar bodies are NOT solid, but are fabricated similar to a conventional guitar body, and neck is guaranteed not to bow or twist.
		Bigsby Standard Guitar necks have a new design adjusting bar which makes it possible to keep the neck perfectly true.
	www.bigsbyguitars.com /products_guitars.html (366 words)

	The Electric Guitar: How we got from Andres Segovia to Kurt Cobain
		Bigsby also developed a tremolo arm, sometimes known as a vibrator arm or whammy bar, that altered the pitch of notes by changing the tension on the strings when it was moved up and down.
		(Paul Tutmarc, of Seattle, had built electric guitars, including basses, starting in the mid-1930s and sold them through his company, Audio-Vox Manufacturing, but they were never widely used.) The Fender Precision had frets like a guitar, making it easier for players to hit an exact note, hence the name Precision.
		Paul's design input to Gibson apparently included the original trapeze-style combination bridge-tailpiece, which allowed him to damp the strings with his hand, and the gold finish, which inspired the instrument's nickname, the Goldtop.
	www.modernguitars.com /archives/000153.html (4082 words)

	Strat Collector News Desk: Origins of the Electric Guitar: Five Noteworthy Instruments from 1931-1947
		In the 1940s, Paul Bigsby, best known as the creator of the "Bigsby Vibrato", was a foreman in a machine shop owned by Albert Crocker of the Crocker Motorcycle Company.
		The story goes that Bigsby and Travis had lunch together sometime in 1946 and during the course of that meeting Travis made a sketch for Bigsby of a new guitar design that Travis was interested in having built.
		Bigsby made the guitar, as pictured, and thanks to its use by Travis in public appearances it became so popular that Bigsby set up shop next to his house in Downey, California, to fill orders.
	www.stratcollector.com /newsdesk/archives/000103.html (1365 words)

	Brands - BIGSBY - Elderly Instruments
		This is the model specifically made for the Fender® Telecaster®; in the 60's.
		Licensed Line "Series I" replica of the Bigsby B7 model, this version is Die-cast & gold plated.
		BIGSBY B16 TELECASTER®; TREMOLO (BRIDGE IS INCLUDED!), NICKEL Photo
	www.elderly.com /brand/BIGSBY.html (417 words)

	Wikinfo \| Electric guitar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gibson, like many luthiers, had experimented with pickups on acoustic guitars already, but it was in the 1950s that the Gibson Les Paul, the instrument that would become their trademark, was introduced to the market and established their dominance of the industry.
		Les Paul has claimed that credit for the invention belongs to him; however, in the late 1940s, electrician and amplifier maker Leo Fender, through his eponymous company, introduced the Fender Broadcaster, soon thereafter renamed the Fender Telecaster for trademark reasons.
		Some people suggest that Paul Bigsby was pursuing similar development paths at the same time.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Electric_guitar (1166 words)

	Guitar Player - 1931 - 1952
		Paul Bigsby was a machinist and foreman at the Crocker Motorcycle Company when he met country picker Merle Travis.
		As Bigsby loved Western music, and Travis dug motorcycles, a friendship developed, and Travis brought his Gibson L-10 guitar to Bigsby to see if he could fix its ailing Kaufman vibrato.
		Paul, and it would be eight long years before Gibson reintroduced the Les Paul in all its single-cutaway, carved-top glory.
	www.guitarplayer.com /story.asp?storycode=5810 (754 words)

	Opinion Flash; 12/12/2003
		Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Kathy D. Aslinger, Assistant Attorney General; W. Michael McCown, District Attorney General; and Ann L. Filer, Assistant District Attorney General; for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
		Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Thomas E. Williams, III, Assistant Attorney General; G. Robert Radford, District Attorney General; and John W. Overton, Chief Deputy District Attorney, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
		Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General; James G. Woodall, District Attorney General; and Jody S. Pickens, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
	www.tba.org /Opinion_Flash/op_2003/op-09_227.html (1185 words)

	Guitar Files® Legendary Solidbodies Guitars
		Both Leo Fender [Sept. '71; May '78] and Paul Bigsby (inventor of the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece; see Rare Bird in Oct., Nov., and Dec. '80), working independently of each other, came out with guitars of this type at about the same time.
		While there were similarities in design between their creations (the distinctively-shaped headstocks with all six tuners on one side are an example of this), exactly who came up with what idea first is still disputable.
		Paul achieved this on a solidbody guitar by his innovative use of recording techniques such as multi-tracking, muted picking, arrangement layering, echo, and overdubbing.
	www.theguitarfiles.com /guitarfile152.html (872 words)

	The History of the Electric Solid Body Guitar ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paul experimented with pick ups throughout the 1930s but, had experienced feedback and resonance problems and began to think about a solid body guitar after hearing about a solid body violin by Thomas Edison..
		Paul was convinced the only way to avoid body feedback was to reduce pick up movement and the only way to do that was to mount it in a solid body.
		In 1947 Paul Bigsby in consultation with Merle Travis built a solid body electric guitar that shared certain design features with the Broadcaster that Fender introduced in 1948.
	www.history-of-rock.com /guitarstwo.htm (499 words)

	Gearbox
		Bigsby replaced the old Vibrola device on Travis' Gibson L-10 with the first vibrato tailpiece that didn't detune the guitar.
		Bigsby had built steel guitars for Joaquin Murphy and Speedy West, and it occurred to Travis that a regular guitar made of solid wood might sustain in the same manner.
		The slim Bigsby neck was particularly well-suited to Travis' unusual chord fingerings-he often used his left-hand thumb to fret several bass strings at once.
	www.acguitar.com /issues/ag72/gear72.html (1967 words)

	Buddy Emmons Q & A Page One
		Paul Bigsby was making one pedal steel a month with a two-year waiting period.
		Bigsby and asked him to put the "Slowly" tuning on the outside neck.
		The original E9th tuning from the top was E, B, G#, F#, D, B, G#, E. Pedal one pulled the B to C# and the G# to A. Pedal two pulled the D to E, B to C#, and G# to A. Both pedals down gave you an A6 chord.
	www.buddyemmons.com /QApage1.htm (315 words)

	Save the smaller guitar builders Petition
		Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, action regarding the PRS Singlecut model and alleged violations of the Lanham Act.
		Modern builders such as Paul Reed Smith, Tom Anderson, John Suhr, Scott Lentz, Don Grosh and others have succeeded as guitar builders not because they have reinvented the wheel in a new shape.
		However those early stringed instrument designs, as far back as Paul Bigsby in the realm of electric guitars, and indeed as far back as 17th century European violin makers achieved a balance, symmetry and playability that has stood the test of time.
	www.petitiononline.com /guitarTM/petition.html (757 words)

	Opinion Flash; 06/01/2005
		Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Markham, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Lee Coffee and David Pritchard, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
		Judge: SMITH First Paragraph: The appellant, Paul Dennis Reid, Jr., was found guilty by a jury of two counts of premeditated murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of especiallyaggravated kidnapping, and one count of especiallyaggravated robbery.
		Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel E. Willis, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Alanda Dwyer, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
	www.tba.org /Opinion_Flash/op_2005/op-11_103.html (2403 words)

	Vintage Guitar® magazine : Artist Pages
		So I talked to Paul and we worked out a deal where Gibson bought their vibratos for a little less than anybody else, in return for the invention of the swing-away.
		Paul was a Mason, as I am, and he had an opportunity with the California Masonic organization, and he told me he wanted to spend some time with that when he called to tell me his company was for sale.
		Paul had a small factory then, and was only making solidbody guitars, which were the easiest to make.
	www.vintageguitar.com /artists/details.asp?ID=62 (3552 words)

	Les Paul Interview
		Further inspired by jazz greats of the day, he introduced Les Paul as a new persona in 1934 and became the primary force in popularizing the electric guitar, bringing it out of the rhythm section and into the spotlight as a lead instrument.
		Paul still mesmerizes the crowds every Monday evening at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York and plans on celebrating his upcoming 90th birthday with music, laughter and good friends, with a tribute concert being held at Carnegie Hall on June 19, 2005.
		Paul Bigsby was with Leo once and he was looking at my vibrola and said, "I'm going to make one of those." So, Bigsby went in that direction.
	www.modernguitars.com /archives/000818.html (5115 words)

	Guitar History : Bigsby Doublenecked Electric
		The short second neck was meant to be used like a mandolin, and it carries 5 strings, tuned BGDAE from low to high.
		This guitar, however, was too ahead of its time, and as a result only about a dozen were ever made, and its presence faded with time.
		Although Paul Bigsby was one of the pioneers of solidbodied electric guitars, his work is little known today.
	www.geocities.com /classicguitars/History/bigsby.html (275 words)

	Gretsch® Musical Instruments - Home of that Great Gretsch Sound!
		After over sixty years in the music business, Bigsby's McCarty also announced that he is stepping down as president to enjoy retirement.
		Bigsby, headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, will continue to manufacture vintage style Bigsby vibratos and bridges using the same hand-made methods prescribed by founder Paul Bigsby almost a half century ago.
		The Bigsby Licensed brand vibratos will use the same designs as the handmade models in a smooth metal die-cast format.
	www.gretsch.com /newsletter/g9908a.html (295 words)

	1973 Gibson Les Paul Recording guitar
		The Paul Bigsby tremolo bar was a vintage addition long ago.
		The Recording was the most expensive Les Paul model shown in the 1972 Gibson catalog ($675 plus $90 for the case) as compared to the cheaper Les Paul Custom ($615.00 plus $80 for the case) or the Les Paul Deluxe ($495 plus $80 for the case).
		To those who own Les Paul Recordings, because parts are no longer commonly available and because the guitar is aging, it may be appropriate to either have a 1/4-jack added in the same position where current model Les Paul's plug to the amplifier.
	www.ntw.net /~w0ui/family_webpage/linkpages/music/music_lespaulrecording.htm (1928 words)

	Vintage Amps, Guitars, & Pedals by Rock N Roll Vintage
		Bigsby also developed a tremolo arm, sometimes known as a vibrato arm or whammy bar, that altered the pitch of notes by changing the tension on the strings when it was moved up and down.
		It was primarily designed by Gibson’s Ted McCarty, but it was endorsed by Les Paul, who had been a popular guitarist since the mid-1930s.
		The gold color was intended in part to disguise from competitors that the guitar had a maple cap on a solid mahogany body.
	www.rocknrollvintage.com /guitar_articles_and_information.htm (4230 words)

	Re: First ever production solid bodied guitar? (GuitarSite.com)
		It's interesting to note that Paul Bigsby lived and worked in Southern California, and was a contemporary of Leo Fender (in fact I think they knew each other).
		The Bigsby guitar that Merle Travis played also had a Six on a side peghead that is remarkably close to what Fender later made.
		It's probable that Leo Fender saw some of Paul Bigsby's designs/guitars, and I know that Bigsby didn't want to get into the guitar making business full time, and therefore Leo borrowed Paul's idea, changed it around some, and started making solid body electrics on his own.
	www.guitarsite.com /discussion/messages/45892.shtml (724 words)

	Baby's In Black: The Refinishing of Lennon's 1958 Model 325 Rickenbacker Part 1
		While this article focuses on the refinishing of his instrument from a natural to a fl finish, a number of additional findings are also discussed, the first of which is the installation of the Bigsby vibrato.
		The Bigsby story begins, in part, with Lennon's friend, Chris Huston, arranging to obtain a Bigsby from the United States.
		Huston had researched the Bigsby the previous year and had receiving information from Paul Bigsby in May 1960 as seen above.
	www.rickresource.com /rrp/babysinblack.html (789 words)

	Lemelson Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This Paul Bigsby guitar, custom-made for country singer Grady Martin, has a standard six-string neck coupled with a five-string mandolin neck.
		Bigsby, a pattern maker and motorcyclist from California, is best known for making one of the first solid-body electric guitars--for country star Merle Travis--and later for his popular line of pedal-steel guitars.
		Country musicians were avid players of electric guitars from the earliest days of their manufacture.
	www.si.edu /harcourt/nmah/lemel/guitars/frames/cs03.htm (68 words)

	The Guitar Den - Parts & Accessories - Bigsby tremolo arms and accessories
		Bigsby B3 Designed to fit archtop or carved-top solid-body guitars: Les Paul, ES-335, Gretsch 6128, etc. No tension bar, no bridge.
		Includes: Bigsby B5 in nickel, chrome bridge, bridge bushings, bridge plate, and screws, tension spring, plastic washer, alignment string, and installation instructions.
		Fits semi-hollow body guitars: Gretsch, ES-335, etc., and miscellaneous other archtops, as well as carved-top solid-body guitars including Les Paul, Gretsch 6128, etc. BENEFIT is better down pressure on the bridge due to the extra tension bar.
	www.guitarden.com /parts/others.html (187 words)

	Adventures in Archives -- Trail of Stones Leads to Gibson S-1
		The "Les Paul" signature is on the peghead, and the fingerboard is bound and has dot inlay.
		What Gibson did make was a Les Paul 55, which was in every way a Special except that it said "Model" instead of "Special" under the signature.
		Keith's guitar is blurry but it looks like a sunburst Les Paul with Bigsby and maybe some other alteration.
	www.gibson.com /magazines/amplifier/1997/11/archives.html (1238 words)

	Bigsby Family Genealogy Forum
		Bigsby in Wis and Wash - Jo Emerson 10/15/00
		Bigsby in Michigan and Idaho - Carol 12/05/99
		Re: Bigsby in Michigan and Idaho - Burke 6/08/04
	genforum.genealogy.com /bigsby (388 words)

	Lemelson Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the late 1930s other makers and players adapted the new technology to the more traditional Spanish-style hollow-body wooden guitars, but were troubled with distortions, overtones, and feedback--the amplification of vibrations in the body of the instrument as well as in the strings.
		Guitarist and inventor Les Paul was among the first to address these sound difficulties.
		Around 1940, on an instrument dubbed the Log, Paul mounted strings and pickups on a solid block of pine to minimize body vibrations.
	invention.smithsonian.org /centerpieces/guitars/noframes/01electr.htm (351 words)

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