B5 USA Bigsby Tailpiece locking

B5 USA Bigsby Tailpiece lockingThe original and genuine Bigsby vibrato unit. Originally manufactured in the mid 1940's and is still being made in the U. S. A. today. The B5 model is used for flat top solid body electric guitars such as SG and Telecaster. It is often referred to as the "Horse Shoe" Bigsby. It comes complete with arm, 4 mounting screws to attach the unit to the front face of the guitar, and a spring to support the vibrato mechanism. It has a cast aluminum frame and

as a standard Strat pickguard will not accommodate the Tri-Sonic housing without alteration

These state of the art diecast tuners are designed for usage on contemporary guitars and utilize the same mounting hole common to Grover 305 series medium tuners as well as the common Gotoh tuner with the mounting screw located offset at approximately 7 O'clock or 5 O'clock depending on left or right handed application

In addition to the metal casing featuring a relic nickel finish

Mounting screws to fasten to the guitar headstock are included

these Centralab tone caps use oil soaked mylar as di-electric material and are very smooth and natural in sound

Also available as plain non-relic

Martin 000-28EC

Sprague orange drop capacitor and traditional Fender cloth-covered wire

input jack WDE123 Genuine CTS 275K pots CTS275 (or CTS275SS x 3 solid shaft pots - use drop-down menu to select)1

A replacement Gibson L-5D pickguard suitable for a genuine Gibson L-5D archtop guitar only

These bridges &

Outside diameter of bushing = 8