Jazz guitar with a Bigsby

[ruger9]

I love whammy bars.

Bigsbys are crap. Heavy, don't stay in tune without stupid metal bridges, and they make string changes a pain in the ass. They are an antiquated design that blows.

Well, to each his own. The tuning issues are almost always the nut, BTW...on start-type whammy as well. I agree string changes suck, luckily I don't do it that often lol. I think the old school "wiggle" is a beautiful sound, for jazz or anything else. It's easier than doing the Campilongo way: bending the neck of the guitar. I also dig Floyd Rose types, but that's a whole other PITA... talk about string changes....

Most here won't consider Setzer jazz, but jazz isn't a person, or a guitar, it's a music... and this is jazz....of course his own personal flavor, which many traditionalists probably won't appreciate... with a Bigsby...

[ronjazz]

Every guitar is a jazz guitar once jazz is played on it. Bigsby or no. Jazz guitar is a style, not an instrument. And, since it is, after all, JAZZ that we're talking about, creativity is paramount. If a Bigsby helps with that, so be it.

[JaxJaxon]

I would think any thing sitting on top of the sound board will lessen the resonance of the sound. It is probably be the reason you dont see Bigsby's on acoustics. It is the reason I wont put one on my arch top, on a semi or solid body it wont make a diffrence to the bodys resonance. Why hasn't any one developed a system that will move the floating tail piece, so nothing sits on the sound board.