bigsby

Deconstructing mechanical vibrato leads to bold and bizarre sonic ends.

Unconventional approaches to pitch shifting yield creative results. Clever design on hardware and digital fronts. High-quality build.

Can be less than intuitive. Considerable learning curve. Expensive.

$379

Gamechanger Audio Bigsby Pedal
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It’s impressive to consider the ways Bigsby vibrato systems have been thrashed, massaged, and otherwise put to work in the service of making guitars sing in more emotional, weirder, and more humanly vocal ways. For my money, it’s one of the coolest improvements to the 6-string guitar concept ever.

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The guitar is loaded with all of the features that define the Silhouette, now with an added Bigsby B5 vibrato.

Harmony, the world's most cherished maker of musical instruments, today announced the launch of the Harmony Silhouette with Bigsby, shipping globally in August. Proudly made in the USA, the guitar is loaded with all of the features that define the Silhouette, now with an added Bigsby B5 Vibrato for endless tonal possibilities.

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Thanks to its Bigsby vibrato tail and mini-humbuckers, this guitar had to be special-ordered in 1968. It was a one-owner instrument before it arrived at Nashville Used & New Music this year.

With a Bigsby and mini-humbuckers, this special-order from 1968 is still special 53 years later.

Hey guitar ornithologists! Here's a rare bird for you: a 1968 Epiphone E360 TDV Riviera. According to shipping history, only 300 Riviera models left the factory that year, and, of those, only 19 had vibrato tailpieces. So feast your eyes!

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