Add Bigsby to Squier Deluxe Jazzmaster ST (stop tail)

[flatwoundup]

Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently picked up a Deluxe Jazzmaster with the stop tailpiece and I'd like to add a tremolo. Would a Bigsby B5 work? Anybody done this mod?

[mizbiz]

Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently picked up a Deluxe Jazzmaster with the stop tailpiece and I'd like to add a tremolo. Would a Bigsby B5 work? Anybody done this mod?

Yup, you can do it quite effortlessly with the Vibramate adapter for a Bigsby B5. It works. I've done it.

http://www.vibramate.com/vibramate-v5-install.php

[flatwoundup]

Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently picked up a Deluxe Jazzmaster with the stop tailpiece and I'd like to add a tremolo. Would a Bigsby B5 work? Anybody done this mod?

Yup, you can do it quite effortlessly with the Vibramate adapter for a Bigsby B5. It works. I've done it.

http://www.vibramate.com/vibramate-v5-install.php

Perfect, that's what I want to hear

Have any pics of yours? Would love to see the finished product

[aliendawg]

Consider a Deusenberg trem... It's a drop in replacement

[marqueemoon]

Consider a Deusenberg trem... It's a drop in replacement

Came here to post this.

[mizbiz]

Perfect, that's what I want to hear

Have any pics of yours? Would love to see the finished product

I unfortunately do not have one of it with the Vibramate and Bigsby on it. I ended up selling the Jazzmaster Deluxe body and using the Bigsby on another project. Here is a pic of the Deluxe body it was on:



I did have it on this body and it did work just fine with no issues. I had a rocking mustang bridge on it as well via the grub screw inserted through the bottom of the threaded inserts method though. I'd recommend you get a roller TOM bridge or do one of the many mods of a mustang bridge exemplified here on this site if you're gonna add the Bigsby.

[mizbiz]

Consider a Deusenberg trem... It's a drop in replacement

Came here to post this.

The Vibramate and Bigsby B5 are drop in replacements as well. So is the Bowen Handle, Les Trem, and Schaller vibrato systems. There are quite a few that are designed to utilize the existing posts of the stop tail to anchor the vibrato system to without modification to the guitar itself.

[flatwoundup]

Consider a Deusenberg trem... It's a drop in replacement

Thought about that, but I'm a Bigsby man, so I'm gonna go that route.

[flatwoundup]

Perfect, that's what I want to hear

Have any pics of yours? Would love to see the finished product

I unfortunately do not have one of it with the Vibramate and Bigsby on it. I ended up selling the Jazzmaster Deluxe body and using the Bigsby on another project. Here is a pic of the Deluxe body it was on:



I did have it on this body and it did work just fine with no issues. I had a rocking mustang bridge on it as well via the grub screw inserted through the bottom of the threaded inserts method though. I'd recommend you get a roller TOM bridge or do one of the many mods of a mustang bridge exemplified here on this site if you're gonna add the Bigsby.

Thank you again for the info. I'll update once I get it Bigsby'd