All time fave...

[vchizzle]

Working on the clean up/refresh now. Frets are clean, board oiled- was pretty dry living in the desert. Metal cleaned. Just have to give her polish then on to the set up.

 

[NoisyDante]

That’s really nice, I dig the cherry.

 

[bodia]

Well after letting it acclimate for a few hours(thankfully temps were reasonable), I got it out to just be sure everything functions and there was no damage. Initial reaction is that I dig it! Needs strings, wound strings are pretty dead. Quick plug into the Divided by 30 FTR37 clean channel is the pickups are cool. The tapped are maybe a little thinner than care for but all 3 humbucker positions sounded cool. The bigsby seems to stay in tune well enough even with old strings. He sent it detuned, with the spring out and I was pretty surprised how quick I was able to tune it up. Will do a little more exploration after new strings and some minor setup tweaks. I actually like this color quite a bit, although not easy to photograph. He said it’s vintage mahogany I think? The hog has enough reddish hue to make me happy. Might like it better than cherry. Enough blabbering. Here’s a quick pic- excuse the mess of cables.

Dig! Really, really dig!

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Sweet!

 

[vchizzle]

Played it through my Shiva for awhile today, just kinda learning what it does. Super fun guitar! I liked the coil tapped tones as much as the humbucker with medium gain. Some nice jangle going on. Great bluesy and classic rock with both. I could totally see modding with some mini switches instead of the push pull as that’s my preference for switching.

 

[Hewhobarksatdogs]

Interested to see how you like the Bigsby. I've played them before, but most (even the REALLY nice old 335 I played) wouldn't hold tune so I didn't give them much of a chance. My buddies store had one that I really liked but didn't buy it because A) it had the Bigsby, and B) he had that flametop core Mira at the same time and I REALLY wanted that guitar.

Interested to see how you like the Bigsby. I've played them before, but most (even the REALLY nice old 335 I played) wouldn't hold tune so I didn't giinive them much of a chance. My buddies store had one that I really liked but didn't buy it because A) it had the Bigsby, and B) he had that flametop core Mira at the same time and I REALLY wanted that guitar.

Forgive me for just popping in, new forum member and like that. I have been wanting to buy a Starla Bigsby for about a dozen years and finally find myself able to do so. I have searched the forum for a history of this guitar and can't seem to stumble onto the right space. My son, who is a bit of guitar jockey, said something from about 1998 is probably what I am after but would like to know more before I make a purchase. Again forgive the intrusion but forums are new to me.

 

[Iceman101]

Forgive me for just popping in, new forum member and like that. I have been wanting to buy a Starla Bigsby for about a dozen years and finally find myself able to do so. I have searched the forum for a history of this guitar and can't seem to stumble onto the right space. My son, who is a bit of guitar jockey, said something from about 1998 is probably what I am after but would like to know more before I make a purchase. Again forgive the intrusion but forums are new to me.

maybe this is a liitle info for you
https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/starla-s2-vs-core-model.15877/

 

[Hewhobarksatdogs]

maybe this is a liitle info for you
https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/starla-s2-vs-core-model.15877/

Thank you very much. Interesting bunch of fellows there. Very much on topic.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Thank you very much. Interesting bunch of fellows there. Very much on topic.

Interesting, indeed.

 

[dogrocketp]

Welcome, hewho! It’s always good to have another with canine references in his online moniker!