https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:27:50 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-303440 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:36:40 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Rob77 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-303440 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-303388 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:19:13 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance 97reb https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-303388 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-32870 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:12:28 +0000 Just chasing suggestions to improve the tuning stability on my Gretsch. Love the bigsby, but it can put the old girl out. Not good at the start of a set!
Should I change from a pivoting bridge to a roller bridge, or just upgrade the pivoting bridge with a better built one? At the moment it's got the 'spring loaded' type :(

The bridge is mounted straight to the body on pins (tune-o-matic style), it's not floating.

Machine heads seem reasonable quality & I have abount 4 rounds of wire around them (been told that too much will decrease stability with trems). Any advice appreciated -

Cheers!

PS. it doesn't have a zero frett & it's been set-up including being compensated at the nut.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Rob77 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/tuning-stability-on-bigsby/#post-32870