How many Bigsbyâ€™s in Europe?

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 20 Jun 2019 1:45 am

thinking about maybe bringing my â€˜51 Bigsby T8 to Europe next time, does anybody have an idea how many Bigsbyâ€™s are currently located in Europe? thanks...

Jeff Mead · Post by **Jeff Mead** » 20 Jun 2019 1:54 am

Phil Morgan would be able to answer your question for sure.

I have a feeling that, apart from his, there is one other.

I think that cost of shipping is the main thing that has prevented more of these wonderful instruments ending up on this side of the pond. I reckon if it was already in Europe you'd find a buyer for sure.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 20 Jun 2019 1:59 am

Thanks Jeff, I was thinking there would be 2-3 at the most, but donâ€™t know for sure... this instrument would definitely be a very rare sight on European stage... ðŸ˜Š

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 20 Jun 2019 4:19 am

There's two, mine and Phil's. Then there's a one PA Reissue in London and at least some point there was a T8 non pedal guitar in Portugal that was made out of real Bigsby parts but not made by PA.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 20 Jun 2019 4:25 am

wow , thanks Jussi, I never thought about that unti I started thinking about bringing mine with me to Europe, and realized Iâ€™ve never seen a Bigsby on the stage after playing all over Europe for decades... very interesting

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 20 Jun 2019 4:30 am

Damir, I've played mine on stage many many times. Mostly here in Finland and Sweden and one tour in Germany years ago. I took it to US couple of times also but I don't like to take it on the gig anymore if I have to fly since I don't want the original case to be damaged. If I had a proper flight case it'd be a different thing.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 20 Jun 2019 4:34 am

Jussi Huhtakangas wrote:Damir, I've played mine on stage many many times. Mostly here in Finland and Sweden and one tour in Germany years ago. I took it to US couple of times also but I don't like to take it on the gig anymore if I have to fly since I don't want the original case to be damaged. If I had a proper flight case it'd be a different thing.

that makes sense, I donâ€™t have original case for this guitar, it is in D12 Mullen case right now , but I will order a custom built flight case for it as soon as I get back to US, so it should be ok and safe to put it on the plane... I hope