Fender FSR MIJ double bound 62 Bigsby opinions....

joeyowen

Anyone had any experience with these?

It's catching my eye something serious!

not_the_dj

No experience, but it looks fantastic!

badlydrawnbanjo

I had a quick play of that and the non bigsby in PMT Manchester a few weeks ago. Look and feel great, I'm tempted myself...

TheMarlin

Nice guitars, been looking at them myself.  I have friends who have them, and gush at how lovely they are.  However, the neck is very skinny.  No good for my fists of ham, and fingers of butter.

The best deals can be had on eBay, I've seen them go or £360 ish, which is a bargain....most placed want nearly £700 for them.

I've also seen them in blue, green and tobacco burst

Marlin

timhulio

I had one about ten years ago and loved it, with a couple of caveats... with the bigsby they're a bit on the heavy side for a Tele, and I found the bound body edges a bit uncomfortable - digging into the ribs! That said, the sound of the stock pickups was perfect - lots of bite from the bridge pickup, and they look beautiful. You may want to fit a Mustang bridge if you hit the strings particularly hard, but give the stock bridge a chance first.

jd0272

Much niceness.

badlydrawnbanjo

TheMarlin said:

Nice guitars, been looking at them myself.  I have friends who have them, and gush at how lovely they are.  However, the neck is very skinny.  No good for my fists of ham, and fingers of butter.

The best deals can be had on eBay, I've seen them go or £360 ish, which is a bargain....most placed want nearly £700 for them.

I've also seen them in blue, green and tobacco burst

Marlin

£360? Really?

joeyowen

I had a quick completed/sold search on Ebay and found nothing that cheap

Must have been a lucky sod getting an anomaly bargain

Bucket

My hatred of Bigsbys but love of double-bound Teles and green guitars in general means that the green one leaves me very conflicted.

TheMarlin

badlydrawnbanjo said:

TheMarlin said:

Nice guitars, been looking at them myself.  I have friends who have them, and gush at how lovely they are.  However, the neck is very skinny.  No good for my fists of ham, and fingers of butter.

The best deals can be had on eBay, I've seen them go or £360 ish, which is a bargain....most placed want nearly £700 for them.

I've also seen them in blue, green and tobacco burst

Marlin

£360? Really?

Two friends have both picked them up, mint, in the UK for way under £400. It pays to be patient.....

joeyowen

TheMarlin said:

Two friends have both picked them up, mint, in the UK for way under £400. It pays to be patient.....

Sometimes I agree, but I'm not a patient person generally.

I'd rather buy now for £x than pay £200 less in the future.  I'd rather the time with the guitar than the £200.  Time is more precious than money

(you better believe my Fiancée doesn't buy that argument)

GavRichList

it looks heavy.

joeyowen

GavRichList said:

it looks heavy.

Are we talking weight or Doc Brown?

GavRichList

hahaha. weight. Its a wooden paving slab with a dentists chair attached to it.

joeyowen

GavRichList said:

hahaha. weight. Its a wooden paving slab with a dentists chair attached to it.

Well I spend a lottttt of the time carrying my Son around (16 months) so either my back is fecked and won't feel it.  or i'll find it light in comparison... or both...

GavRichList

joeyowen said:

GavRichList said:

hahaha. weight. Its a wooden paving slab with a dentists chair attached to it.

Well I spend a lottttt of the time carrying my Son around (16 months) so either my back is fecked and won't feel it.  or i'll find it light in comparison... or both...

If you're carrying him by a strap over your shoulder Im calling social services

joeyowen

GavRichList said:

joeyowen said:

GavRichList said:

hahaha. weight. Its a wooden paving slab with a dentists chair attached to it.

Well I spend a lottttt of the time carrying my Son around (16 months) so either my back is fecked and won't feel it.  or i'll find it light in comparison... or both...

If you're carrying him by a strap over your shoulder Im calling social services

Tried to spin him around my neck too, nothing wrong with a bit of show boating right?

AvalonAndy

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TheMarlin

I don't normally like red guitars.  But, I quite like this one in red.  Not sure why....

joeyowen

TheMarlin said:

I don't normally like red guitars.  But, I quite like this one in red.  Not sure why....

red is the tits man!

joeyowen

AvalonAndy said:

Oh man.  I thought I'd killed my GAS.  Thanks a lot Joey