Bigsby B5 Vibrato Tailpiece Assembly - Aluminum

Name: Bigsby B5 Vibrato Tailpiece Assembly - Aluminum
Brand: Bigsby
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)

Item ID: B5AlumU1

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Bigsby B5 Vibrato Tailpiece Assembly - Aluminum Reviews

Vibrato Unit for Flat-top Electric Guitars - Aluminum

Every flat-top electric guitar deserves a Bigsby assembly to provide smooth vintage-style vibrato and limitless maneuverability. With a solid aluminum build, the B5 tailpiece provides a slick medium-range vibrato action that retains exceptional tuning stability — a feature that many Sweetwater guitarists are thankful for. Only four installation screws are required to put the B5 in place, allowing you to mount this beast onto any compatible flat-top electric guitar in a pinch. Adding some much-needed vintage flair to your axe doesn’t get much easier; if you’re in the market for a vibrato assembly and aren’t sure where to begin, then a B5 from Bigsby is the first place you should look.

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Really good!

By Sweetwater Customer

I have used Bigsby before and it's a really good product for guitars and easy to install!

Looks great!

By Sweetwater Customer from Arkansas

I bought this and the V5 Vibramate for my Gibson SG 61 and put it on mostly for looks and to help with a little neck dive. Impressive looking trem and it functions really well but definitely not made for dive bombing. I'm very happy with it.

B5 bigsby

By Casey

Nice addition to my telecaster and made it work with the vintage tray and saddles. It is best to install it as far back as possible to create a break angle on the strings to allow clearance between the strings and the vertical part of the vintage bridge plate.

The standard

By Sweetwater Customer

Years of success. Well produced and polished.

Bigsby B5 is the Bomb

By David from La Grange, TX

Music Background: Martian Maniacal Music Mogul

I installed this on my 2013 Gibson SG Standard (accompanied by the Vibramate V5 baseplate - sold separately). The Vibramate baseplate enables one to mount the Bigsby directly to the baseplate--while the baseplate in turn mounts to the tail-stop screw positions - hence no drilling into the body required. The Vibramate has felt pads in-place to prevent scarring of the body finish.

The Bigsby is the bomb, and generates some classic tremelo. The aesthetics also render some serious swagger - turning an already sweet looking SG into a hotrod. One additonal benefit to the Bigsby is that of additional heft in the event I'm doing some Rollins Band covers and the crowd starts to mosh - whereas one defensive gesture with this guitar would dissuade them from getting on stage.

My thanks to Sweetwater rep Lucas Norton for doing a fine job of navigating my needs.

Bigsby B5 on an ES-339

By Ben from Tallahassee

Music Background: Jam band singer/guitarist and, at my age, I should know better.

I purchased the Bigsby B5, along with a Vibramate V5, to install on a Gibson ES-339. The installation was successful and required no permanent physical modification of the guitar. The Bigsby works perfectly. I am happy with my purchase. As usual, the service from Sweetwater was top-notch. Kudos to sales engineer, Mitch Dazey!

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