Bigsby on Craigslist - SF Bay Area

Joseph Carlson · Post by **Joseph Carlson** » 21 Feb 2015 8:50 am

No affiliation with the seller, but you don't see these come up for sale too often:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/4899815962.html

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 21 Feb 2015 9:34 am

The ad reads that it is in need of some repair - I wonder how much repair?

Out of my league, but it seems right off to be a very good price - depending on overall condition..

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 21 Feb 2015 10:46 am

seems likea steal considering their normal outrageous prices.

Bruce Derr · Post by **Bruce Derr** » 21 Feb 2015 11:41 am

It's also on eBay. There's another thread on this.

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 21 Feb 2015 12:04 pm

I wonder who's name was on the front of that guitar?

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 21 Feb 2015 4:55 pm

It can definitely be made whole again, and should be.

Jack Mansfield · Post by **Jack Mansfield** » 21 Feb 2015 5:30 pm

Paul, I sent message thru ebay and asked if I could find out who's name was on the front, or who owned it. At this time they have not responded. I am curious about the price. On Craigslist its for sale at $4000.00. On eBay the bidding starts at $4000.00

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 21 Feb 2015 5:38 pm

$4K is a reasonable price IMO. But I would be a little concerned about a seller who would post it on Craigslist at a fixed price and eBay at the same time as an auction.

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 22 Feb 2015 8:51 am

The pedal rack, pedals and changers do not look like bigsby to me. Looks like a homemade conversion to pedals on the back two necks... Lucker? What say ye?

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 22 Feb 2015 10:39 am

Wright Pedals, pedal rack and undercarriage.
I imagine this was originally a non pedal guitar. Chuck Wright modified.
No info on original owner.

Jack Mansfield · Post by **Jack Mansfield** » 23 Feb 2015 2:24 pm

Got a response from the owner thru ebay. They claim they have owned it for 25 yrs, and the name on the front was already removed. Maybe Todd Clinesmith has records of the old bigsbys and could trace thru the serial number.

Randy Hellstern · Post by **Randy Hellstern** » 20 May 2016 5:07 pm

There is another thread on this guitar at http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 62#2517862
showing before photos. I bought the guitar last year and sent it to Todd Clinesmith for restoration. Here's what it looks like now:

Roger Guyett · Post by **Roger Guyett** » 21 May 2016 6:44 pm

Beautiful work!
Great to see a guitar restored so nicely....

Randy Hellstern · Post by **Randy Hellstern** » 22 May 2016 9:36 am

Roger,
thanks. Can't say enough good things about Todd. He provided great guidance on the decision making end and worked some miracles undoing previous modifications. the guitar plays like a dream - time machine and tone monster all in one...
Now it's time to look into it's history

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