lifeson1 Posted September 9, 2018 Posted September 9, 2018 Been gradually gravitating toward 535's after a few disappointing 335 sob stories. Anyhow, stumbled on one that just popped up used for around $1745 with a non factory pro Bigsby. I'm seriously considering it, wondering if any of you have any thoughts. . . . And. . . Happy first post day!
HANGAR18 Posted September 9, 2018 Posted September 9, 2018 Looks like it has Schaller pickups in it so you may need to replace the pickups if you don't like those. Other than that, if the action, frets and nut are in order (and assuming that you like Bigsby's) go for it!
deytookerjaabs Posted September 9, 2018 Posted September 9, 2018 Personally, when folks drill more holes IMO the value goes down for me. I would pass on a non factory Bigsby guitar with extra holes at or above market value of a clean one. That price is top dollar.
Gitfiddler Posted September 9, 2018 Posted September 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, deytookerjaabs said: Personally, when folks drill more holes IMO the value goes down for me. I would pass on a non factory Bigsby guitar with extra holes at or above market value of a clean one. That price is top dollar. This! Take your time and you'll find an unmolested 535 at the right price. They are out there.
lifeson1 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Posted September 9, 2018 Thanks for the thoughts, here. And here I was just getting to tell myself, I REALLY need a Bigsby - lol. Yeah, probably wait,. Thanks!
Spectrum13 Posted September 10, 2018 Posted September 10, 2018 A 2018 plain top 535 comes in .... 2018 HERITAGE H535PM OLD STYLE SUNBURST $2,199.00 FREE SHIPPING There is only 1 item left QUANTITY
ElNumero Posted September 10, 2018 Posted September 10, 2018 Unless your name is High Flying Bird, you don't need no dang hillbilly crowbar, unless of course you are playing rockabilly!
High Flying Bird Posted September 10, 2018 Posted September 10, 2018 My 535 has a bigsby on it. Sometimes, as I have gotten older, the bigsby seems to make the guitar too heavy on the back end. If you don't need the bigsby look for a guitar that doesn't have one. I hardly ever use mine. Mostly it is used only when someone new picks up the guitar for the first time to see if it dive bombs.
lifeson1 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Posted September 10, 2018 Can't see I would use it that much, either. But the fact that I could switch back and forth was kind of appealing. But yeah, I'm much more of a stop tail guy for my semi hollow's. I"ll leave the dive bombing to my shredders.
mark555 Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On a personal note I would not buy a guitar that has had extra holes drilled in it. just wait a bit longer and a 535 will show up that is much better. If you want to fit a trem bar, Duesenberg manufacture one that can be retro fitted in minutes that will not need any holes drilled for it to work, you just swap the stop bar for the trem, and in my opinion (I have one fitted to my 555) it is a much better trem than a bigsby. Hope this helps.
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